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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
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 November 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Japanese producer of ceramic filters for diesel engines NGK Ceramics Poland has announced that it will create more jobs at its second production facility in Dąbrowa Górnicza (the Katowice Special Economic Zone, Poland) than it initially declared in May 2016. Currently, the company plans to create 450 positions by the end of 2017 which implies that an additional 150 employees will be hired. The company is looking for production line operators and non-production staff; new employees undergo special training at the company’s main factory in Dąbrowa Górnicza. The factory is expected to be operational in January 2017. The investment is worth over EUR 76 million.
Sources
3 November 2016: Strefa Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2016), NGK Ceramics, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 89085, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89085.
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