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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25.71 - Manufacture of cutlery
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 February 2019
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 June 2019
Description
The American producer of personal care and consumer goods Procter & Gamble has announced that it will create 100 new jobs at its Gillette products factory in Łódź by the end of June 2019. The company is mainly looking for production staff and technicians. The source reports that special training for new employees will be provided.
The factory in Łódź, which has been operating since 2006, is the world biggest factory of Gillette products, and the second in Procter & Gamble group. The company employs nearly 1,200 people in the city.
Eurofound (2019), Gillette, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 97470, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97470.
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