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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Basic Metals 24.42 - Aluminium production
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 October 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
Norwegian producer of extruded aluminium profiles Hydro Extrusion, a subsidiary of Hydro Extruded Solutions (Hydro), has announced that it will create over 100 new jobs at its production facility in Łódź in 2019. The company is looking for production staff and technicians.
Hydro Extruded Solutions was founded in 1963 in Oslo, Norway. Hydro is one of the largest global providers of aluminium extrusion-based solutions with 100 production sites in more than 40 countries. Hydro specializes in the production of aluminium components for the automotive industry. Currently, the company employs about 22,400 people worldwide, including 700 employees in the city of Łódź, Poland.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Hydro Extrusion, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 95611, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/95611.
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