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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.2 - Manufacture of plastic products
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 July 2016
Employment effect (start)
29 July 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
Polish producer of PCV windows Drutex has announced that it will create between 300 and 400 new jobs at its European Woodwork Centre (Europejskie Centrum Stolarki) in Bytów near Słupsk. The restructuring event is associated with the construction of the second stage of the centre which has been completed. The company plans further expansion of the factory as Drutex is to double its production capacity within next three years.
Drutex has been operating in Poland since 1985; currently the company is the biggest manufacturer of PCV woodwork in Europe employing 2,400 people. European Woodwork Centre in Bytów was launched in 2014.
Sources
29 July 2016: Puls HR
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Drutex, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 88328, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88328.
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