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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
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 April 2016
Employment effect (start)
21 April 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
Norwegian producer of automotive components Kongsberg Automotive has announced that it will create 250 new jobs at its unit in Pruszków by the end of 2018. The factory specialises in the production of seat heaters and seat supports. The company has invested PLN 3 million (EUR 0.68 million USD 0.77 million). The investment in the plant extension is associated with new contracts, including a contract worth PLN 230 million for heating mattes for a German car producer.
Currently, the company employs about 1,200 people in the Pruszków plant.
Sources
21 April 2016: Puls HR
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Kongsberg Automotive, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 87492, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87492.
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