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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Tobacco Products Manufacture Of Tobacco Products 12 - Manufacture of tobacco products
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 June 2017
Employment effect (start)
14 June 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Tobacco products manufacturer Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has announced that it will create about 400 jobs at its new production facility in Start Gostków near Łódź. The company has invested about USD 200 million (EUR 178.66 million) in the factory which will export its products to 60 countries around the world. The 70,000 m2 plant will produce tobacco products equivalent to over 30 billion cigarettes per year.
JTI has been operating in Poland for 10 years. Currently, the company employs 900 people in two factories located in Stary Gostków, Poland.
Sources
14 June 2017: Dla handlu
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Japan Tobacco International, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 91231, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91231.
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