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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
180 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 September 2016
Employment effect (start)
13 September 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
Global supplier of automotive systems, modules and other components ZF TRW (former TRW Automotive) has announced that it will create 180 new jobs at its shared services centre in Częstochowa. The centre has been already moved into a new building in the city. The company plans to transfer all financial and accounting processes from its European units to the centre in Częstochowa.
ZF TRW was acquired by ZF Friedrichshafen AG in 2015. The company has production facilities in more than 20 countries and 22 technical centres worldwide.
In Poland, ZF TRW has plants in four Polish locations: Częstochowa, Gliwice, Czechowice-Dziedzice (all of these facilities are located in the Katowice Special Economic Zone) and Pruszków near Warszawa employing about 6,500 people. In Częstochowa, the company has been operating since 1990 and employs 4,500 workers at two factories and the financial centre.
Sources
13 September 2016: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł
Citation
Eurofound (2016), ZF TRW, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 88611, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88611.
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