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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
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 March 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Danish William Demant Holding, one of the world leaders in the production of hearing aid devices, has announced that it is to create 200 new jobs with the expansion of its plant in Mierzyń near Szczecin. The company employed 200 at this plant at the beginning of 2008. William Demant Holding produces Oticon and Bernafon hearing devices in Poland. As of March 2008, there is no information on when the new jobs will be created by.
Sources
26 March 2008: Rzeczpospolita
Citation
Eurofound (2008), William Demant Holding, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 66448, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66448.
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