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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products 23 - Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
460 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
18 July 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The shareholders of the Violetta Crystal Glass Works of Stronie Śląskie
have decided to wind down the company, unable to cope with growing gas and electricity prices, upward pressures on wages, and the strong złoty. 460 persons now employed by Violetta will be made redundant. The plant makes an assortment of products from blown, coated, painted, and hand-engraved glass.
Sources
18 July 2008: Parkiet
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Violetta Crystal Glass Works, Closure in Poland, factsheet number 66876, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66876.
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