Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Polnocny; Pomorskie; Gdansk-Gdynia-Sopot
Location of affected unit(s)
Gdynia
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment
30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment

500 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
23 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
23 March 2017
Foreseen end date

Description

Crist, an owner of the former Gdynia Shipyard (Stocznia Gdynia), has announced that it will create 500 new jobs in the next few months. The restructuring programme is associated with large contracts worth EUR 180 million which have been recently signed by the company. Crist is looking for production workers, especially fitters, welders, locksmiths, ship mechanists. The company is finding difficulties in finding skilled labour and it is now looking for new workers also outside Poland. Currently, the company employs nearly 1,500 people.


Sources

  • 23 March 2017: Strefa Biznesu

Citation

Eurofound (2017), Crist, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 90673, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90673.