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 - Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 January 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
In January 2006, the Swiss corporation Faserplast will launch a factory in the Słupsk Special Economic Zone. The plant will manufacture plastic components for cranes. The Swiss have bought 4 hectares of land within the zone. They have invested 8 million zlotys in the construction of the factory along with an accompanying administration complex. Initially, the investor plans to hire 100 people. Faserplast CEO Pascal Kesseli has not ruled out a further expansion in the future.
Sources
11 January 2006: Warsaw Business Voice
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Faserplast, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 62836, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62836.
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