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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.40 - Manufacture of electric lighting equipment
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 June 2016
Employment effect (start)
28 February 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Chinese producer of lighting equipment Hongbo has announced that it will create 100 jobs at its new production facility in Opole. In total, the company plans to create up to 300 jobs. The factory, which will be located in the Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone, is expected to be fully operational in February 2017. The plant will produce lighting equipment in LED technology. The company is to invest EUR 100 million in the project.
Hongbo specialises in the production of semiconductor light, urban lighting, high-power LED lighting as well as lighting for tunnels, gardens and bars.
Sources
24 June 2016: Radio Opole
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Hongbo, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 88196, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88196.
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