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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.20 - Manufacture of batteries and accumulators
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 December 2017
Employment effect (start)
11 December 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
German producer of batteries for tools and garden equipment BMZ has announced that it will create 150 jobs at its production facility in Gliwice (Katowice Special Economic Zone, Poland). The company is looking for production staff, engineers and administrative staff. The restructuring programme is associated with a plan to increase overall production, and the factory is estimated to be able to increase its workforce to 1,000 employees within the next two years.
BMZ was established in 1994 in Germany. Nowadays, it is one of Europe’s leading providers of systems and solutions for intelligent mobile energy market. The company has factories in Poland, Germany, France, Japan, China and United States, employing 2,300 people, including 700 employees in the factory in Gliwice.
Sources
11 December 2017: Puls HR
Citation
Eurofound (2017), BMZ Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 92855, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92855.
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