The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Wood And Paper Materials Manufacture Of Wood And Of Products Of Wood And Cork, Except Furniture; Manufacture Of Articles Of Straw And Plaiting Materials 16 - Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 April 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011
Description
Kronospan company has obtained a licence to set up a plant in Strzelce Opolskie (in the Katowicka Special Economic Zone), which will employ 300 people by the end of 2012. The new plant is expected to start the production of floor panels in 2008 and plywood boards for construction purposes in 2009. The Krosnospan group is a leader in the production of MDF and HDF, plywood and floor panels. It has 30 production plants in 15 countries. At present it employs 2,500 people in Poland.
Sources
7 April 2008: wirtualny Nowy Przemysl Webside
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Kronospan, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 66485, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66485.
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