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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
17 December 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Hoerbiger, the German automotive company, has announced that it is to 100 new jobs with the development of a new production facility in Bolesławiec (in the Wałbrzyska Special Economic Zone). The new plant will produce automated components for cars, such as motors which open and close the soft-top roofs of convertibles. The construction of the new plant is due to start in 2008.
Sources
17 December 2007: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Hoerbiger, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 66126, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66126.
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