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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
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 April 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Plastal, the Swedish supplier of engineered plastics to the automotive industry, has announced that it is to create 200 new jobs by opening a new factory in Swarzędz near Poznan, which will manufacture bumpers and plastic components for Volkswagen, Ford and Fiat. Construction works are scheduled to end in January 2009. In 2006, Plastal employed 7500 workers in 39 production plants in 13 countries, mostly in Europe. As of April 2008, it is unknown when either employment at the new factory will commence or the new jobs will be created by.
Sources
25 April 2008: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Plastal, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 66551, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66551.
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