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Manufacturing (28) Manufacture of machinery and equipment 28.2 - Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery 28.29 - Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery n.e.c.
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 October 2020
Employment effect (start)
31 May 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
Danfoss, the Danish manufacturer of heating, air conditioning and cooling systems, announced that it will create about 400 jobs at its new production facility in Grodzisk Mazowiecki by the end of 2021. The factory is expected to be launched in May-June 2021. The unit, with a surface of 13,900 square metres is to provide space for the production activities that Danfoss will relocate from Kolding, Denmark (the restructuring event was announced in January 2020 with the loss of 335 jobs).
Danfoss was founded in 1933 in Denmark. It provides goods and services in over 100 countries and employs about 25,000 people worldwide. In Poland, the company employs 1,700 people at its production facilities in six locations: Bielany Wrocławskie, Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Koleczkowo, Tuchom, Wrocław, Żelazkowo.
Sources
16 November 2020: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł (www.wnp.pl)
Eurofound (2020), Danfoss, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 102584, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/102584.