KES

Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion południowy; Śląskie; Rybnicki
Location of affected unit(s)
Wodzisław Śląski
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
29.31 - Manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment for motor vehicles
300 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
12 December 2018
Employment effect (start)
11 December 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019

Description

Austrian automotive cable and electric systems producer KES (Kabelové a elektrické systémy) has announced that it will create 300 jobs at its new production facility in Wodzisław Śląski by the end of 2019. The factory will produce cable harnesses for the automotive and the electrotechnical industry and will operate in a three-shift pattern.

KES was founded in 1992 in the Czech Republic. As of December 2018, the company is part of Austria’s car headlights producer ZKW and employs about 1,600 workers.

Citation

Eurofound (2018), KES, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 96257, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/96257.