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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
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 May 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
Polish producer of automotive components Groclin has announced that it will create 300 jobs at its new production facility in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. The unit is expected to be operational in the fourth quarter of 2016. The company has already started a recruitment of needleworkers.
Groclin was founded in 1997. Currently, the company has four factories located in Poland, Germany and Ukraine and employs about 1,700 people. Groclin produces car seats and car seat covers for the biggest automotive industry companies – Volvo, VW, Renault, Ford or Opel.
Sources
23 May 2016: Strefa Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Groclin, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 87780, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87780.
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