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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26.11 - Manufacture of electronic components
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 September 2019
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
Electronic components manufacturing company Kitron announced its plans to create 150 job positions by the end of 2020. With an area of 8,200 square metres, the site is a new production facility located in Grudziądzin, within the Pomerania Special Economic Zone.
Kitron is an electronics manufacturing services company with operations in Norway, Sweden, Lithuania, Germany, the USA and China. It provides its products to companies in the sectors of defence, aerospace, energy, telecommunications, medical devices and marine.
Eurofound (2019), Kitron, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 98683, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98683.
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