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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Wearing Apparel 14.14 - Manufacture of underwear
180 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 March 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
Ferax-Iril, a manufacturer of hoisery and underwear, has announced that it is to create 180 new jobs by expanding its production plant in Zduńska Wola (in the Łódzka Special Economic Zone) by the end of 2009. The plant currently employs 1,030. The company has been operational in Poland since 1993. As of March 2008, there is no information as to when employment at the plant will commence.
Sources
20 March 2008: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside (www.wnp.pl)
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Ferax-Iril, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 66424, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66424.
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