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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.13 - Production of meat and poultry meat products
800 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 June 2019
Employment effect (start)
25 June 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
The Polish producer of meat and poultry products Wipasz has announced that it will create 800 jobs at its new poultry plant in Międzyrzec Podlaski, Poland. In total, even 1,200 jobs will be created at the site. The company has invested PLN 220 million (€51.42 million) in the plant. Wipasz is the biggest Polish producer of feed for poultry, pigs and cattle and a leader in the production of chicken meat. The company produces animal feed and meat products in 5 plants located in Mława and Międzyrzec Podlaski; in Mława, about 1,200 people are employed.
Eurofound (2019), Wipasz, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 98139, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98139.
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