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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 May 2017
Employment effect (start)
31 December 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
French electronics company Lacroix Electronics has announced that it will create 200 new jobs at its production facility in Kwidzyń. In the next few months, the company will build its third production hall in the city; the unit will be located in the Pomeranian Special Economic Zone, Poland. The company will hire mainly production staff.
Lacroix Electronics provides its products to clients operating in civil avionics and defence, automotive industry, home and building automation as well as healthcare. The company has its production facilities in France, Germany, Tunisia and Poland. The company has been operating in Kwidzyń, Poland, since 1999. Currently, the company employs 1,400 people in the city.
Sources
12 May 2017: Nasze Miasto Kwidzyń
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Lacroix Electronics, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 90971, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90971.
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