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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.20 - Manufacture of batteries and accumulators
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 February 2020
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
The Belgian multinational material technology company Umicore announced that it will create 400 manufacturing jobs at its new factory in Radzikowice near Nysa, Poland. The factory will specialise in the production of rechargeable battery materials for electrified mobility. The unit is expected to be operational in 2020, and the company will launch a recruitment process in the next months.
Umicore was formed in 1989 by the merger of four companies in the mining, and smelting industries. In Poland, the company has been operating since 2016; Umicore has a catalyst factory in Nowa Ruda.
Eurofound (2020), Umicore, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 99961, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99961.
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