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 Coke And Refined Petroleum Products Manufacture Of Coke And Refined Petroleum Products 19.2 - Manufacture of refined petroleum products
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 August 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 June 2010
Description
PRIO Biopaliwa, a Portugese firm, is to construct a factory in Police in the Kostrzyńsko-Słubicka region that will employ 100. The plant will produce biofuels from rapeseed and soy, and construction of the plant is due to be completed by the middle of 2010. It is also expected that the plant will lead to the creation of 500 agricultural jobs.
Sources
24 August 2007: Polska Agencja Informacji i Inwestycji Zagranicznych (www.paiz.gov.pl)
Citation
Eurofound (2007), PRIO Biopaliwa, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 65716, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65716.
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