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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Manufacture Of Furniture 31.0 - Manufacture of furniture
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 September 2016
Employment effect (start)
8 September 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
Polish furniture company Pres Mebel has announced that it will create 100 jobs at its new factory in Skarżysko-Kamienna. It is foreseen that eventually up to 500 jobs will be created. The company has already moved to the production halls and plans to invest several million zÅ‚otys. Pres Mebel is looking for upholsterers, seamstresses, fitters and logistic staff. The company will hire experienced workers as well as people without experience in the industry; the company will provide training.Â
Pres Mebel has been operating since 1991; the company is headquartered in Częstochowa where it employs 450 people. The company supplies furniture to companies operating in Poland, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Lithuania and Latvia.
Sources
8 September 2016: Strefa Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Pres Mebel, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 88544, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88544.
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