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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.14 - Manufacture of other taps and valves
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 September 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Supplier of fluid control, motion control and pneumatic systems ASCO Numatics, a subsidiary of Emerson, has announced that it will create 200 new jobs at its new plant in Łódź. ASCO is looking for highly qualified technical staff. The factory, which will be the biggest company’s facility in Europe, is expected to be operational in March 2017. ASCO plans to invest over PLN 30 million (EUR 6.97 million USD 7.77 million).
Currently, ASCO has sixteen plants worldwide, including seven in Europe. In Poland, ASCO has been operating since 1996.
Sources
15 September 2016: Portal Samorządowy
Citation
Eurofound (2016), ASCO Numatics, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 88621, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88621.
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