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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Manufacture Of Furniture 31 - Manufacture of furniture
180 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 August 2021
Employment effect (start)
2 August 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
Polish furniture company Gabi-Bis has announced that it plans to create between 180 and 200 new jobs at its production facility in Runowo Krajeńskie near Bydgoszcz in 2021. The recruitment process has been initiated; currently, the company is looking for upholsterers, packagers, assembly staff, seamstresses, foam cutting staff and internal transport workers.
The company has just expanded the factory and has received a lot of orders for its upholstered furniture.
Gabi-Bis has been operating since 1991. Currently, the company employs 860 people.
Eurofound (2021), Gabi-Bis, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 105146, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105146.
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