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Transportation / Storage 52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation 52.1 - Warehousing and storage 52.10 - Warehousing and storage
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 August 2016
Employment effect (start)
3 August 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
Polish pharmaceutical distributor PGF Urtica has announced that it will create 250 jobs at its new logistic centre in Łódź (Łódź Special Economic Zone, Poland). The company has invested PLN 30mn (EUR 7.04mn USD 7.91mn) in the project. It is the biggest pharmaceutical distribution centre in Poland and it will supply its products to 4,000 customers across the country.
PGF Urtica is a part of Pelion Healthcare Goup, the largest pharmaceutical distributor in Poland operating since 1990. PGF Urtica supplies medicines to healthcare institutions (mainly hospitals) across Poland.
Sources
3 August 2016: Portal Samorządowy
Citation
Eurofound (2016), PGF Urtica, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 88355, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/88355.