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

200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
7 January 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2013
Foreseen end date
31 December 2013

Description

In January 2013, the aircraft producer PZL Mielec announced plans to create 200 jobs at the unit in Mielec by the end of 2013.

Michał Tabisz, spokesperson of the company, said PZL Mielec is to increase production of Black Hawk helicopters. The recruitment is also associated with the opening of the Center of Research and Testing for Aircrafts and Helicopters. The company is looking for employees for the production departments and engineers.

Polskie Zakłady Lotnicze (PZL Mielec) is the biggest Polish manufacturer of aircraft. In 2007 it was acquired by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.


Sources

  • 1 July 2013: Nowiny24 ()

Citation

Eurofound (2013), PZL Mielec, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 74794, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74794.