The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.1 - Manufacture of rubber products
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 September 2021
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
German plastic components producer Wirthwein Polska, a subsidiary of Wirthwein group, has announced that it will create about 100 jobs at its new production facility in Łódź.
The recruitment process has already started, and the company is looking for technologists, production line setters, maintenance staff, mechanics, electricians, toolmakers, automation staff, quality engineers, machine operators and logistics staff. The factory is expected to be launched in the second quarter of 2022. The company has leased more than 6,000 square meters of manufacturing and office space at the MLP Łódź logistics and distribution centre.
Founded in 1949, Wirthwein group has 22 branches and employs more than 3,500 people worldwide. The company produces plastic components for the household appliances, automotive, railway, and electrotechnical sectors. Wirthwein Polska, largest subsidiary within Wirthwein group, has been operating since 1998. Currently, the company employ about 400 employees in the country.
Eurofound (2021), Wirthwein Polska, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 105411, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105411.
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
The retail banking sector is fertile ground for studying the impacts of digitalisation on work and employment. Financial services are increasingly provided online, without the intermediary of customer-facing institutions.
European labour markets have recovered strongly from COVID-19. By the end of 2021, little more than 18 months after the start of the pandemic, employment rates in the EU were almost at pre-crisis levels.
