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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.20 - Manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 June 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
KIRCHHOFF Automotive Poland has announced that will create 100 jobs at its new production plant located in Gniezno. This will be the fourth facility of KIRCHHOFF in Poland, which is expected to be operational at the beginning of 2016. The first stage of this investment will cost EUR 15,000. New contracts with European customers might bring future company investments in Poland.
KIRCHHOFF Automotive is the producer of metal and hybrid structures for automotive industry of German origin. The company has been operating in Poland since 1999 and has three plants (one in Gliwice and two in Mielec) employing almost 1,500 people. Polish units manufacture mainly for General Motors and Ford.
Sources
19 June 2015: Wirtualnay Nowy Przemysł
Citation
Eurofound (2015), KIRCHHOFF Automotive Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 84002, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/84002.
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