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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
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 May 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
Norwegian producer of automotive components Kongsberg Automotive has announced that it will create at least 1,000 jobs at its new production facility in Brześć Kujawski. The company plans to invest about PLN 150 million (EUR 35.79 million USD 39.68 million), and the factory is expected to be operational in December 2017. The factory will specialise in the production of seat heating, ventilation and massage systems.
In Poland, the company has been operating for 16 years. Currently, the company employs around 1,200 people at its plant in Pruszków near Warszawa and about 60 in Koluszki near Łódź.
In 2016, Kongsberg Automotive announced a restructuring programme resulting in the creation of 250 jobs in the factory in Pruszków.
Sources
10 May 2017: Gazeta Wyborcza
10 May 2017: Property News
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Kongsberg Automotive, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 90972, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90972.
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