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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.85 - Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 February 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
British food packaging company Hilton Foods has announced that it will create 250 jobs at its new facility in Tychy, Poland. The company is looking for production line operators and forklift drivers, both experienced candidates and graduates. The unit, which is located in the Katowice Special Zone, Poland, is expected to be operational in spring 2019. The factory will specialise in the production of ready meals for retail chains operating in Central and Eastern Europe. In Poland, the company has been operating since 2006.
Eurofound (2019), Hilton Foods, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 97298, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97298.
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