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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 August 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The Japanese company Nifco commences construction of a new factory that delivers to the motorisation industry. The new Świdnica factory will produce plastic components mainly for Japanese and European car manufacturers. The production is planned to start in Spring 2007. Nifco Poland will invest a minimum of 16 million PLN in the Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone and employ 100 people. In 2011, the company expects 29 million PLN sales from the factory in Świdnica.
Sources
22 August 2006: Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Nifco, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 63939, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63939.
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