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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 February 2017
Employment effect (start)
30 September 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
German supplier of automation and electronic products and systems WAGO ELWAG, a subsidiary of WAGO, has announced that it will create 200 jobs at its new production facility in Wróblowice near Miękinia (Legnica Special Economic Zone, Poland). The company is looking for assemblers, warehouse staff, automatic production technicians and machine operators. Special training will be provided for new employees in the plant in Wrocław. The plant is expected to be operational in late September/early October 2017 and it will produce parts and components for the WAGO group. WAGO ELWAG has been operating in Poland since 1992. Currently, the company has a plant in Wrocław and employs 700 people.
Sources
26 February 2017: Dolny Śląsk 24h
Citation
Eurofound (2017), WAGO ELWAG, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 90546, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90546.
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