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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
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 January 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
German producer of automotive accessories Hengst Automotive has announced plans to create 100 jobs at its new production facility in Kąty near Rawicz, Poland. The factory is expected to be operational in the third quarter of 2019. Eventually, the site will employ about 300 people.
Hengst Automotive specialises in the production of fluid management systems, crankcase ventilation systems as well as filter systems for oil, fuel and cabin air filtration. As of February 2019, the company operates factories in Germany, Brazil, China, India, Singapore and the USA.
Previous restructuring took place in 2017, when 130 jobs were created.
Eurofound (2019), Hengst Automotive, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 96680, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/96680.
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