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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 May 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
NGK Ceramics Poland, the Japanese producer of ceramics filters for diesel engines, has announced that it will create about 300 new jobs at its second facility in Dąbrowa Górnicza in the Katowice Special Economic Zone, Poland. The plant is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2017, but the company has already started a recruitment process. The company plans to invest PLN 300 million (EUR 68.33 million USD 77.51 million). NGK Ceramics is mainly looking for production line operators, warehouse staff, IT and automatics specialists. All employees will undergo a special six months training at the first company’s factory in Dąbrowa Górnicza. Currently, NGK Ceramics employs over 3,000 people in Poland.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2016), NGK Ceramics, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 87477, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87477.
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