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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
450 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 April 2021
Employment effect (start)
27 April 2021
Foreseen end date
Description
Chinese producer of automotive components Ningbo Tuopu Group has announced that it will create 450 jobs at its new production facility in Poznań. The recruitment process has been launched; at the moment, the investor is looking for qualified specialists, engineers and operation process staff. The company is to invest €30 million in its first factory in Europe which will produce components for electric vehicles. The plant, consisting of over 30,000 square meters, will be located in the Kostrzyn-Słubice Special Economic Zone, and the investment has been supported by the Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH).
Ningbo Tuopu Group was founded in 1983; the company provides mainly five series of products, such as anti-vibration system, interior & exterior system, automated driving system, chassis lightweight system and thermal management system. The company operates in China, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Malaysia, Sweden, Germany and France.
Eurofound (2021), Ningbo Tuopu Group, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 104763, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/104763.
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