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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
20 March 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Ficomirrors Poland, a subsidiary of the Spanish multinational group Ficosa, has announced that it will create about 500 jobs at its new production hall in Dąbrowa Górnicza (Katowice Special Economic Zone, Poland). The new hall has an area of 12,000 m2 and consists of aluminium foundry and warehouse.
Ficosa produces systems and parts for the automotive industry. Ficomirrors has been operating in Poland since 2006 and specialises in manufacturing of car mirrors and car sprinkler systems. Currently, the company employs over 700 workers in the factory in Dąbrowa Górnicza.
Sources
20 March 2017: Główny Mechanik
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Ficomirrors Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 90674, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90674.
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