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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
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 February 2017
Employment effect (start)
10 February 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
On 10 February 2017, Spanish automotive company Industrias Alegre has announced that it will create 100 new jobs within the next few months at its production facility in Biskupice Podgórne near Wrocław (Tarnobrzeg Special Economic Zone, Poland). The company is looking for technicians, machine operators, quality controllers and warehouse staff. The business expansion is associated with the company’s plans to launch a production line of components for new Ford Fiesta model. In total, the company plans to create between 250 and 300 jobs by the end of 2017.
Industrias Alegre was founded in 1953 in Valenzia, Spain; the company produces vehicle’s interior components (interior trims, instrument panels, plastic components for seats, consoles). Nowadays the company supplies its products to over 100 companies in 20 countries.
Sources
10 February 2017: Invest in Wroclaw
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Industrias Alegre, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 90201, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90201.
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