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Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
260 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 August 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 June 2009
Description
Toyota, the group that manufactures motor vehicles, is to expand production at its Wałbrzych site and hire 260 new workers. A new production hall is to be built that will produce state-of-the art transmissions and engines, and the production capacity of the plant will rise from 600,000 to 720,000 units per year. The expansion is due to be completed by mid-2009. Toyota currently employs 2,000 at the Wałbrzych site.
Sources
27 August 2007: Toyota Website
22 August 2007: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Website
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Toyota Motor Manufacturing Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 65711, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/65711.