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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 November 2014
Employment effect (start)
13 November 2014
Foreseen end date
Description
Volkswagen Poznań announced the creation of 200 jobs in the new factory that is currently being built in Września (Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone). The newly employed workers are undergoing training.
In October 2014, the company received a permit for building a factory which is expected to be fully operational in 2016. The new plant will manufacture a new generation of Volkswagen Crafter. Volkswagen is to invest PLN 3.3 mln (EUR 0.76 mln USD 0.93 mln) and create 2,300 new jobs in total.
Volkswagen has been operating in Poznań since 1993 and it employs approximately 6,800 people in its Poznań factory.
For information on previous restructuring events announced by Volkswagen see 2014 and 2005.
Sources
13 November 2014: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Volkswagen Poznań, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 78039, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78039.
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