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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20.15 - Manufacture of fertilisers and nitrogen compounds
130 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 March 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
Polish chemical company Grupa Azoty Zakłady Azotowe Puławy (short name Grupa Azoty Puławy) has announced that it will create 130 new jobs at its new factory in Puławy. The unit will produce granulated fertilizers and is expected to be operational in the second half of 2018 at the latest. The source reports that the current investment of nearly PLN 700 million (EUR 167.45 million) in the project is one of the largest realized by the company in recent years.
Grupa Azoty Puławy was founded in 1966 as a state-owned company; the company was privatized in 2005. The company is specialized in the production of nitrogen fertilizers and is one of the world’s largest producers of melamine.
Sources
30 March 2018: Strefa Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Grupa Azoty Zakłady Azotowe Puławy, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 93817, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93817.
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