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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26.40 - Manufacture of consumer electronics
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 May 2018
Employment effect (start)
17 May 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
ASK Poland, the automotive supplier, has announced that it will create 400 jobs at its new production facility in Wilkowice near Bielsko-Biała, Poland. The company has over 12,000 m2 of production and storage space at the facility.
ASK Poland is a part of ASK Group, which belongs to Japanese multinational electronics company JVC Kenwood. ASK Group provides acoustic and communication technology for the automotive industry. The group has facilities in Italy, Germany, Poland, China, Tunisia, USA and Brazil. The company has been operating in Poland since 1997; it has the factory in Bielsko-Biała.
Sources
17 May 2018: Logistyka.net
Citation
Eurofound (2018), ASK Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 94302, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94302.
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