Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Polnocno-Zachodni; Zachodniopomorskie; Szczecinski
Location of affected unit(s)
Goleniów
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products
Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products
23.91 - Production of abrasive products

260 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
27 October 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2017
Foreseen end date

Description

Swiss supplier of abrasives sia Abrasives, a subsidiary of Bosch, has announced that it will create 260 new jobs in next few months in the Goleniów Industrial Park (Goleniów, Poland). The company has already started the construction of the new production halls which is expected to be completed in 2017 and plans to invest about PLN 80 million (EUR 18.26 million USD 20.88 million) in the project.

Sia Abrasives has been operating for over 130 years. The company was acquired by Bosch in 2008. The company develops, produces and sells products and technology for abrasive processes. Currently, the company operates in over 80 countries and employs over 1,300 people worldwide.  In Goleniów, the company employs 140 wor


Sources

  • 27 October 2016: Radio Szczecin

Citation

Eurofound (2016), sia Abrasives, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 89058, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89058.