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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.11 - Manufacture of rubber tyres and tubes; retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres
550 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 August 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2009
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
750 new jobs (including 150 for university graduats) will be created at new Bridgestone factory in Starogard Szczeciński, with an investment of EUR 200 million by the Japanese tyre manufacturer. Recruitment and training at the new plant, which will produce tyres for trucks and buses, will start in spring 2008 and production will commence in 2009. Currently the company employs 200 people and plans to create 550 new jobs by the end of 2010.
Sources
28 May 2008: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside
1 August 2006: Gazeta Wyborcza
1 August 2006: Rzeczpospolita
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Bridgestone, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 63856, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63856.
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