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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
65 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 September 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
American supplier of automotive components SMP Poland, a subsidiary of SMP, has announced that it will increase its employment capacity by 13% which implies that 65 new jobs will be created at the unit in Białystok. The recruitment process will start in December 2016. New employees will be engaged in the production of ignition coils as the company decided to transfer this segment of its production from the USA to Poland.
SMP was founded in 1919. Currently, the company is a leading producer, distributor and marketer of replacement parts for motor vehicles in the automotive aftermarket industry and has production facilities in seven countries worldwide. SMP Poland has been operating since 2006; the company employs 500 workers.
Sources
21 September 2016: Strefa Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2016), SMP Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 88758, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88758.
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