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Construction Construction Of Buildings And Infrastructure Engineering Construction Of Buildings 41 - Construction of buildings
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 August 2016
Employment effect (start)
23 August 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
Polish construction company Alstal has announced that it will create 100 new jobs by the end of 2016. The company has also revealed that it has signed contracts worth PLN 120 millions  (EUR 27.90 millions USD 31.57 millions) in July 2016 alone, including a deal for building a hospital in Sosnowiec, courthouse in PoznaÅ„, ice rink in Bydgoszcz and training unit for the army.Â
Over the past year, the workforce in Alstal increased by 20%. The company has decided to hire more and more workers from Ukraine as it is increasingly difficult to find Polish professionals.
Alstal has provided comprehensive construction services since 1976.
Sources
23 August 2016: Gazeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Alstal, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 88415, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88415.
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