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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25.4 - Manufacture of weapons and ammunition
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 October 2017
Employment effect (start)
2 October 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Polish arms supplier Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ, Polish Armaments Group) has announced that it will create at least 300 jobs at its Business Services Centre in Radom. The centre will provide business services, including purchasing, IT, financial and accounting services, to the group’s units. PGZ was established by the Polish government to unite state-owned defence companies; the group comprises over 30 companies. PGZ is the biggest Polish defence enterprise and a main arms supplier for the Polish Armed Forced and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration.
Sources
2 October 2017: Rzeczpospolita
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 92352, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92352.
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