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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
330 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 June 2020
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2021
Foreseen end date
Description
The provider of products and solutions for charging electric vehicles Phoenix Contact E-Mobility, a subsidiary of Phoenix Contact group, has announced that it will create 330 jobs at its production facility in Rzeszów, Poland. The new plant and storage space, with an area of nearly 15,000 square metres, is being built by Panattoni Europe, the leader in industrial real estate in Europe. The factory, which is expected to be launched at the beginning of 2021, will specialise in the production of technology for charging electric cars; the electric components will be exported to over 10 countries in Western Europe.
Phoenix Contact was founded in 1923 in Germany. The company provides components, systems and solutions in the area of electrical engineering, electronics and automation. Currently, the company has production facilities in Germany, Argentina, Brazil, China, Greece, India, Poland, Sweden, Turkey and the US and it employs about 15,000 people worldwide. Phoenix Contact E-Mobility develops and producers components and solutions for charging infrastructures as well as for vehicle charging interfaces.
Eurofound (2020), Phoenix Contact E-Mobility, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 101173, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101173.
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