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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22 - Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 October 2017
Employment effect (start)
23 October 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
K-Flex, a subsidiary of Italian company L’Isolate K- Flex, has announced that it will create about 250 new jobs at its rubber and plastic component factory in Wielenin-Kolonia in the Uniejów commune. On 19th October, the company has officially launched a new production hall consisting of 15sqm. The company is looking for warehouse staff, production workers, logistics and laboratory staff.
L’Isolate K- Flex produces thermal and acoustic elastomeric insulation materials. K-Flex has been operating in the Uniejów commune since 2010. Currently, the company employs 400 people.
Sources
23 October 2017: Uniejow.pl
Citation
Eurofound (2017), K-Flex, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 92516, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92516.
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