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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.2 - Manufacture of batteries and accumulators
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 June 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
Supplier of Lithium-ion battery systems Johnson Matthey Battery Systems has announced that it will create 250 new jobs at its facility in Gliwice, Katowice Special Economic Zone, Poland. The unit in Gliwice is being expanded (production hall, laboratories, office and storage space are being built) and the investment is expected to be completed in August 2016.
Johnson Matthey Battery Systems is one of the largest European supplier o f Lithium-ion battery systems processing over 70 million cells a year. The company has been operating in Gliwice since 1999; currently, the company employs 500 people. The unit in Gliwice specialises in manufacturing of battery packs for cordless power tolls and electric bikes.
Sources
8 June 2016: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Johnson Matthey Battery Systems, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 87999, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87999.
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