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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25.30 - Manufacture of steam generators, except central heating hot water boilers
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 May 2021
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2021
Foreseen end date
Description
American nuclear power company Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it will create 150 jobs at its new global shared services centre in Kraków. The centre is expected to be launched in August 2021, and the company is to hire qualified specialists in various fields.
Westinghouse Electric Company was founded in 1999; it offers nuclear products and services to utilities, including nuclear fuel, service and maintenance, instrumentation, control and design of nuclear power plants. Globally, the company employs over 9,000 people.
Eurofound (2021), Westinghouse Electric Company, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 104871, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/104871.
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