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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.5 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
2,500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 April 2021
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2025
Description
The US-based global medical device company Align Technology has announced that it will create over 2,500 jobs at its new production unit in Wrocław by the end of 2025. The factory is expected to be operational in early 2022, and the recruitment process has been launched. It will be the company’s first factory in Europe; the company is to strengthen its position in the EMEA region.
Align Technology was founded in 1997 in California, the United States; the company produces 3D digital scanners and Invisalign clear aligners used in orthodontics. The company has its production facilities in Mexico, Israel and China.
Eurofound (2021), Align Technology, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 104765, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/104765.
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