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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Manufacture Of Furniture 31.0 - Manufacture of furniture
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 March 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
The Polish furniture company Kalmar has announced that it will create over 200 new jobs at its new production facility in Nowy Sącz, Poland. The company is looking for production staff as well as drivers. The factory, which is located in the Kraków Special Economic Zone, is expected to be operational in the second half of 2019. The investment worth PLN 30 million (€6.96 million) is expected to help the company to increase its sales four-fold.
Kalmar was founded in 1993. Currently, the company employs 180 people. The company specialises in the production of upholstered furniture which is exported to Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Czechia and Slovakia.
Eurofound (2019), Kalmar, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 97552, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97552.
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