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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.85 - Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes
130 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 October 2017
Employment effect (start)
31 March 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Virtu Production, a Polish manufacturer of ready meals has announced that it will create 130 new jobs at its new facility in Zawiercie. The plant, which will consist of 15,000 m2, is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2018 and it will be located in the Economic Activity Zone. The company plans to invest PLN 80 million (EUR 18.86 million, USD 21.91 million) in the project. Virtu Production has been operating since 1992. Currently the company has one factory in Zawiercie and employs 680 people.
Sources
24 October 2017: Portal Spożywczy
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Virtu Production, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 88877, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88877.
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