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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.2 - Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock
50 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 April 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012
Description
On 16 April 2012, Canadian manufacturer of transportation equipment Bombardier Transportation (ZWUS) announced plans to increase its workforce by 10% (50-60 engineers are to be hired) at the plant in Katowice, Poland. The decision is due to the company's plans to increase production.
Sławomir Nalewajka, the president of Bombardier in Poland, revealed that the company plans to enter the markets in all CEE countries. Today the facility in Katowice employs 487 people and the number is expected to further increase.
Sources
16 April 2012: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł ()
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Bombardier Transportation (ZWUS), Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 73649, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73649.
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