Newag

Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion południowy; Małopolskie; Nowosądecki
Location of affected unit(s)
Nowy Sącz
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
30.2 - Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock
30.20 - Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock
150 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
2 February 2017
Employment effect (start)
2 February 2017
Foreseen end date

Description

Polish producer of rolling stocks Newag has announced that it will create 150 new jobs at its unit in Nowy Sącz. The company is looking for welders, electricians, paint shop workers, assemblers, mechanists, engineers and design engineers. The recruitment programme is associated with the new contracts which has been won by the company. Last year the company relocated its production from Gliwice to Nowy Sącz cutting 107 jobs.

Newag has been operating since 1876 in Nowy Sącz. The company is specialising in the production, maintenance and modernization of railway rolling stock. In September 2016, Newag employed over 1,600 people.

Sources

  • 2 February 2017: Strefa Biznesu

Citation

Eurofound (2017), Newag, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 90153, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/90153.