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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Manufacture Of Furniture 31.0 - Manufacture of furniture
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 January 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
Danish furniture company Tvilum has announced that it will create 100 jobs at its new factory in Szczecinek (Słupsk Special Economic Zone), Poland, in 2016. The factory is expected to be operational in the second half of 2016. The company plans to invest EUR 6,5 million. The company has announced that it will create further 60-80 jobs at the second stage of investment and, therefore, Tvilum has already booked an additional hall. The company will be relocating its production lines from Denmark.
Tvilum is one of the world’s largest producer or flat-packed furniture. The company cooperates with such companies as Ikea, Jysk and Walmart.
Sources
14 January 2016: Strefa Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Tvilum, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 86264, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86264.
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