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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 March 2014
Employment effect (start)
4 March 2014
Foreseen end date
Description
On 4 March 2014, American producer of timing belts and other automotive components Dayco opened its factory in Tychy (the Katowice Special Economic Zone) and announced the creation of 100 jobs. Eventually, the company plans to create 300 jobs.
Dayco is a global company which provides a broad range of belts, tensioners and pulleys for the automotive, trucking, construction, agricultural and manufacturing sectors. The company employs about 3,000 people around the world.
Sources
4 March 2014: Tychy.pl
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Dayco, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 76726, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76726.
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