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 Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 August 2006
Employment effect (start)
31 March 2007
Foreseen end date
Description
Gloria, the German producer of fire extinguishers, has opened a factory in Ropoczyce (in the Podkarpacie region) and plans to have this new facility take over production from its German plants. The Ropoczyce plant (set to employ 250 persons) will commence production on March 31, 2007; it is expected to turn out 2.5 million fire extinguishers every year.
Sources
9 August 2006: Puls Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Gloria, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 63913, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63913.
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