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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
1,700 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 June 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
The Japanese company Orion Electric will invest EUR 60 million in a television factory in Łysomice by Toruń, creating 1,700 jobs in 2007. Orion will be cooperating with Sharp, which will also be investing in the Łysomice area.
By the end of 2006 the company plans to hire 250 people.
Sources
16 October 2006: Gazeta Wyborcza Webside (www.gazeta.pl)
14 June 2006: Rzeczpospolta
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Orion Electric, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 63649, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63649.
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