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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 September 2016
Employment effect (start)
16 September 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
Polish meat processing company QFG has announced that it will create between 200 and 300 new jobs at its new production facility in Pionki. The plant, which consists of about 8,000 m2, was launched in September 2016. Manufacturing plants QFG in Pionki and Białobrzegi are considered the most innovative in Poland.
The company has been operating since 2010 and it specialises in production of frozen, chilled and pasteurised meat and poultry meal. Currently, the company has two plants Pionki and one in Białobrzegi. 80% of QFG production is delivered to European markets, and only 20% to the Polish market.
Sources
16 September 2016: Echo Dnia
Citation
Eurofound (2016), QFG, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 88752, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88752.
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