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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
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 September 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 May 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
US automotive company Tru-Flex announced that it plans to create 150 jobs at its new factory in Ujazd near Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Katowice Special Economic Zone). The factory is expected to be operational in May 2015. The company is to invest PLN 30 mln (€ 7.18 mln, USD 9.06 mln). The factory will produce metal components for engines of trucks and combines; the main customer will be Volvo.
Sources
30 September 2014: Gazeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Tru-Flex, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 77769, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77769.
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