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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products 23.14 - Manufacture of glass fibres
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 February 2019
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Swiss producer of glass Euroglas Poland has announced that it will create 150 new jobs at its facility in Niewiadów. In February 2019, the company launched the second float glass production line in the factory.
Euroglas is one of the largest glass producing companies in Europe; it has four factories, located in Poland (Niewiadów), France (Hombourg) and Germany (Haldensleben and Osterweddingen). In Poland, the company’s unit, which has been operating since 2010, is located in the Łódź Special Economic Zone and employs about 300 people.
Eurofound (2019), Euroglas Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 97155, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97155.
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