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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
380 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 June 2014
Employment effect (start)
12 June 2014
Foreseen end date
31 October 2014
Description
Toyota Manufacturing Poland has announced that it will create 380 jobs at its unit in Wałbrzych (Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone) by the end of October 2014. The company has begun the production of a one-litre petrol engine. The investment is worth PLN 123 million (€29.96 million). Currently, Toyota employs 1,600 permanent employees at the factory.
Eurofound (2014), Toyota Manufacturing Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 77308, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77308.
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