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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
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 November 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 November 2009
Description
Takata-Petri, a steering wheel producer that has closed its Wałbrzych factory in August (14054), has embarked on a recruitment drive to re-hire 100 employees for the Wałbrzych facility.
The company had recently relocated production to Romania. Its projections, however, indicated that labour costs at its new site will be some 30% lower than in Poland.
Sources
16 November 2009: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside (www.wnp.pl)
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Takata-Petri, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 69851, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69851.
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