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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.31 - Manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment for motor vehicles
40 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
27 March 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Polish producer of starter batteries Autopart has announced that it will increase its employment capacity with 40 new jobs created at its facility in Mielec. The company is looking for machine operators, mechanists, warehouse staff, process engineers, automatic specialists, designers, technologists as well as IT specialists. The restructuring programme is associated with the company’s plans to expand the factory and build new production lines.
Autopart has been operating since 1982. The company is one of the largest provider of starter batteries for all types of automobiles, tractors and agricultural machines as well as boats or camper vans. Currently, the company employs over 300 people.
Sources
27 March 2017: Strefa Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Autopart, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 90794, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90794.
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