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Utilities Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply 35.21 - Manufacture of gas
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 July 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
Air Liquide, the French producer of technical and medical gases, has announced the creation of approximately 100 new jobs by the end of 2009 with the development of a gas condensation plant nearby Gdańsk. The plant is expected to be operational in 2010. Air Liquide has a workforce of 200 and serves over 1,200 customers. Its products are used, among other applications, for carbonating soft drinks and food packaging; Air Liquide also makes medical oxygen, ultra-clean gases used in semiconductor production, and hydrogen for desulphurisation of fuels.
Sources
9 July 2008: Polska Agencja Informacji i Inwestycji Zagranicznych Webside (www.paiz.gov.pl )
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Air Liquide, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 66856, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66856.
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