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Manufacturing Manufacture of rubber, plastic and non-metallic minerals Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 23.14 - Manufacture of glass fibres
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 December 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Press-Glas, a polish producer of glazed units and hardened glass, has announced that it is to create 150 new jobs with the development of a composite glazing and glass processing plant in Radomsko (in the Łódzka Special Economic Zone). It is estimated that the new facility will create employment for a further 450 workers. Production will commence in 2008. Press-Glas also has production facilities in Nowa Wieś, in Tychy, and in Tczew.
Sources
14 December 2007: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Press-Glas, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 66123, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66123.
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