Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Gliwice
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers
29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles

1,000 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
6 December 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

In the autumn of 2005, General Motors Polska will begin assembling a new model, the Opel Zafira, at its factory in Gliwice. The company expects to hire 1,000 new employees to meet the attendant labour needs. At present, General Motors Polska employs 2,000 workers and produces two models, the Agila and the Astra II.


Sources

  • 7 December 2004: Gazeta Wyborcza
  • 7 December 2004: Rzeczpospolita

Citation

Eurofound (2004), General Motors, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 60866, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60866.