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German producer of alloy wheels Uniwheels announced that it will create 150 new jobs at its third production facility in Stalowa Wola. The company has employed 250 people as it declared in 2015. In total, the company plans to create 400 jobs and produce 500,000 wheels in 2016, with the output to reach 2 million products in 2017. The investment will increase the combined production capacity of the capital group by 20-25%, with the workforce increasing to 3,000. The wheels produced in Stalowa Wola will be supplied to producers of premium-class cars. The company is planning to invest in another plant in the city.
Currently, Uniwheels has three plants in Poland (all in Stalowa Wola) and employs over 2,000 people.
Eurofound (2016), Uniwheels, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 88174, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/88174.