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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Textiles 13.92 - Manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel
115 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 July 2023
Employment effect (start)
14 July 2023
Foreseen end date
14 July 2023
Description
John Cotton, a British manufacturer of bedroom textiles, has opened a new production and warehouse facility in Szczawno Zdrój, employing 115 people.The new factory is to be the company's headquarters in Europe and is the most modern factory in this sector in Europe, 115 production workers have been employed in the new factory. Founded in England in 1916, John Cotton has offices and plants in six countries on three continents where it produces pillows and duvets that are shipped all over the world.
Eurofound (2023), John Cotton, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 109296, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/109296.
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