The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Wood And Paper Materials Manufacture Of Wood And Of Products Of Wood And Cork, Except Furniture; Manufacture Of Articles Of Straw And Plaiting Materials 16.21 - Manufacture of veneer sheets and wood-based panels
360 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 April 2018
Employment effect (start)
12 April 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
Polish furniture producer Tanne, a subsidiary of Fabryki Mebli Forte, has announced that it will create 360 new jobs at its new wood-based board factory and warehouse in Suwałki. The source reports that the investment will bring in total 600 jobs in 2018.
In 2017, the company informed that 150 jobs would be created at the first stage of the investment (240 jobs have already been created). The announced programme is associated with the second stage planned for 2018. The factory is located in the Suwałki Special Economic Zone, Poland, and the company has already invested PLN 520mn (EUR 125 million) in the project.
Sources
12 April 2018: Puls HR
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Tanne, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 93783, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93783.
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