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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
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 July 2017
Employment effect (start)
14 July 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Dr. Schneider, a German producer of plastic components for the automotive industry, has announced it will create 200 new jobs at its production facility in Radomierz (Kamienna Góra Special Economic Zone, Poland). The site will be expanded with a new production hall that will cover an area of 3,000 m2.
Dr. Schneider has been operating in Radomierz since 2006 and is one of the biggest employers in the region. As of July 2017, the company employs 1,421 people at the factory and R&D centre. The company produces car and motorcycles components, mostly made of plastic, but also metal, gum, leather, textiles, wood and glass.
Sources
14 July 2017: Kamienna Góra Special Economic Zone
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Dr. Schneider, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 91627, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91627.
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