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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
900 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 May 2016
Employment effect (start)
19 May 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
Mubea, the German producer of components for the automotive industry, has announced that it will create 900 new jobs at its new factory in Olszowa near Strzelce Opolskie in the Katowice Special Economic Zone, Poland. The company has already built two new production halls on 20 hectares of land; one of them is already operational and the second one will be launched in July 2016. Another four halls are expected to be build within the next years. The company has employed about 100 people who underwent or are still undergoing training in the Mubea factory in Žebrák, Czech Republic, as it was previously declared in 2015. The factory will supply components to Volkswagen and Opel.
Sources
19 May 2016: Strefa Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Mubea, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 87601, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87601.
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