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Manufacturing (24 - 25) Manufacture of metals 25.5 - Treatment and coating of metals; machining 25.5 - Treatment and coating of metals; machining
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 January 2024
Employment effect (start)
6 January 2024
Foreseen end date
Description
AJU Poland, the local representative of Korean steel processing company AJU Steel, will soon open a new factory in Bytyń, where it will employ 250 people, with 100 planned to be hired by the end of 2024. Construction of the coated steel products factory started in June 2023.The investment is being made as part of the Polish Investment Zone Wielkopolska, in the Kostrzyn-Słubice Special Economic Zone. It will be the company's fourth production plant worldwide. The aim of its establishment is to shorten supply chains. The first employees hired have already been sent to South Korea for training. AJU Steel is a South Korean company founded in 1995 and is involved in the production of steel products. It has production facilities in South Korea, China and Mexico.
Eurofound (2024), AJU Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 200683, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/200683.