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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.9 - Manufacture of other electrical equipment
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 November 2017
Employment effect (start)
14 November 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Swedish provider of power solutions REAC has announced that it will create 200 new jobs at its production facility in Nowy Kisielin (Lubuski Industrial and Technology Park, Poland) and the recruitment process has just been started. The company is looking for locksmiths, cutters, CNC machine operators and production staff. The company declares that it will create positions for female workers, employees over 50 years of age as well as employees with disabilities.
REAC was founded in 1915 in Sweden. The company provides power solutions such as electrical actuators, lift and tilt systems, control boxes and hand controls. REAC has three factories which are located in Åmål, Sweden, Piotrków, Poland and Jasień, Poland.
Sources
14 November 2017: Zielona News
Citation
Eurofound (2017), REAC, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 92594, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92594.
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