Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Wschodni; Podkarpackie; Rzeszowsko-tarnobrzeski
Location of affected unit(s)
Tajęcina (Rzeszów)
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment
30.3 - Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery

100 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
25 October 2012
Employment effect (start)
25 October 2012
Foreseen end date

Description

On 25 October 2012, supplier of aerospace and defence technologies UTC Aerospace Systems opened a plant in Tajęcina near Rzeszów, where 100 jobs are being created. It is estimated that the number of employees at the plant will eventually reach 250.

The $70million factory will specialize in the production of landing gears. The unit is located in the Aeropolis Podkarpackie Science and Technology Park.

UTC Areospace Systems was formed in 2012 by combining two companies, Hamilton Sundstrand and Goodrich. UTC Areospace has two factories in Poland located in Krosno and Rzeszów. The company is part of United Technologies Corporation (UTC), which employs about 10,000 people in units across Poland.


Sources

  • 25 October 2012: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł ()

Citation

Eurofound (2012), UTC Aerospace Systems, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 74383, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74383.