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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26.8 - Manufacture of magnetic and optical media
2,500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 July 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2006
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
The German company Optical Disc Service plans to build a CD and DVD factory in Goleniów by Szczecin. The factory will employ over 2500 persons, half of them to be hired by the end of 2006. The total value of the investment will be in excess of PLN 250 million. The factory will be in full operation within three years; before the end of 2006, it will begin turning out DVDs from 11 production lines.
Sources
21 July 2006: Rzeczpospolita
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Optical Disc Service, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 63821, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63821.
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