Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Poludniowy; Slaskie;
Location of affected unit(s)
Gliwice
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers
29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles

300 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
20 October 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2015
Foreseen end date

Description

Opel, a producer of motor vehicles, announced plans to create 300 new jobs at its factory in Gliwice. The source reports that the factory plans to establish a three-shift, linked with the planned launch of the new Astra model. The new employees will start working as of the beginning of 2015 despite the fact that the production of the new model will start at the end of 2015. All the new jobs will be created in the production department.

General Motors has been operating in Poland since 1994. The plant in Gliwice was created in 1998; currently it employs 3,000 people.

The ERM reported on previously announced restructuring events in Poland in 2009a and 2008.


Sources

  • 20 October 2014: Puls Biznesu

Citation

Eurofound (2014), Opel, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 77891, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77891.