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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Manufacture Of Furniture 31 - Manufacture of furniture
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 January 2016
Employment effect (start)
31 March 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
Furniture company Formaplan Polska has announced that it will create 100 jobs at its new production facility in Gubin. The company has already purchased a production hall located in the Kostrzyn-Słubice Special Economic Zone, Poland. The plant is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2016. Formaplan produces wood furniture and semi products for the furniture industry. In this factory, the company will produce drawers for Ikea.
Sources
15 January 2016: Gazeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Formaplan Polska, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 86336, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86336.
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