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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.5 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 July 2018
Employment effect (start)
24 July 2018
Foreseen end date
31 January 2019
Description
DGS Poland has announced that it will create 150 new jobs at its factory of hearing aids in Mierzyn near Szczecin within the next months. The company is looking for production staff. As the source informs, special training will be provided for new employees.
DGS is a part of William Demant, a multinational company which manufactures hearing aids, bone conduction hearing implants and hearing support systems. In Poland, the company has been operating since 2007. Currently, DGS Poland employs 2,200 people.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), DGS Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 94719, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94719.
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