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 Wood And Paper Materials Manufacture Of Wood And Of Products Of Wood And Cork, Except Furniture; Manufacture Of Articles Of Straw And Plaiting Materials 16 - Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 September 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The Szczecin-based plant of Kronospan has just accomplished the construction of a new chip board production line. This was one of the steps toward the modernisation of the plant, which in total will cost 400 million zloty. The modernisation will allow the Kronospan plant to augment employment by 100 persons. Polish Kronospan produces melamine faced chipboard, raw and painted hardboard, high density fibreboard raw and painted and plywood.
Sources
12 September 2006: Rzeczpospolita
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Krosnospan, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 64056, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64056.
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