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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Wood And Paper Materials Manufacture Of Wood And Of Products Of Wood And Cork, Except Furniture; Manufacture Of Articles Of Straw And Plaiting Materials 16.23 - Manufacture of other builders\' carpentry and joinery
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 January 2016
Employment effect (start)
31 July 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
Polish producer of wooden windows and doors, Viking Windows, has announced that it will create 100 jobs at its second factory in Koszalin (Słupsk Special Economic Zone, Poland). The facility is expected to be operational in late July or early August 2016. The company plans to invest PLN 3 million (EUR 0.67 million USD 0.75 million) to build a production area of 3,000 m2 and double its production capacity. The new factory will make wooden joinery and wooden doors.
Viking Windows was established in 2011. The production of Viking Windows is geared for exports, mainly to the UK. The company has another plant in Koszalin where it employs 60 people. The main products in the existing factory are casement, sliding, quartered, composite windows and sliding English windows.
Sources
12 January 2016: Szczecin Biznes
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Viking Windows, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 86443, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86443.
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