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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 March 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Jabil Circuit Poland, an American electronics solutions company, has announced that it is to create 500 new jobs by opening a new production line at its factory in Kwidzyń. The factory, which currently employs 5,000 workers, produces CTR and LCD television sets, electronic subassemblies, power meters, and electronic car modules. As of March 2008 there is no information on when the new jobs will be created by. The company has another plant in Bydgoszcz, which repairs electronic equipment and employs 100.
Sources
20 March 2008: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside (www.wnp.pl)
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Jabil Circuit, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 66428, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66428.
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