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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.31 - Manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment for motor vehicles
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 February 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2019
Foreseen end date
30 June 2020
Description
Japanese car manufacturer Toyota Manufacturing Poland has announced that it will create more jobs at its factory in Jelcz-Laskowice than it was initially declared in April 2018. The company plans to create in total about 650 positions, which means that additional 150 employees will be recruited by July 2020. The second stage of recruitment process has been initiated in January 2019; the company is looking for maintenance and production staff, logistics specialists and quality controllers. The restructuring programme is associated with the plan to launch the production of the latest models of engines in September 2019.
In Poland, Toyota has two production facilities located in Jelcz-Laskowice and Wałbrzych. In 2018, the company announced two restructuring programmes: in April(500 new jobs) and September (150 new jobs).
Eurofound (2019), Toyota Manufacturing Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 96698, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/96698.
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