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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.10 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 April 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 May 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
Japanese car manufacturer, Toyota Manufacturing Poland, has announced that it will increase its workforce by 500 positions in its factory in Jelcz-Laskowice by the end of 2019. The restructuring programme is associated with the plan to launch the production of the latest models of engines in September 2019. The recruitment process will be initiated in May 2018; the company will look for production staff, maintenance workers and engineers. In Poland, Toyota has two production facilities located in Jelcz-Laskowice and Wałbrzych.
Sources
19 April 2018: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Toyota Manufacturing Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 93979, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93979.
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