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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
650 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 June 2020
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
The German-owned automotive company Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Poland, a subsidiary of Daimler, announced its plans to create 650 jobs at its new electric battery factory in Jawor, Poland. The first production line is expected to be launched in September 2020 and a further one in the first quarter of 2021. After a break associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the company is to resume its recruitment process in the near future. The factory is a part of the company’s global battery production network consisting of nine units.
In 2019, Mercedes-Benz launched an engine factory in Jawor; currently, the site employs 650 employees. The factories in Jawor are supplied with CO2-neutral energy.
Sources
23 June 2020: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł (www.wnp.pl)
Citation
Eurofound (2020), Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 101116, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101116.
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