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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.92 - Manufacture of machinery for mining, quarrying and construction
170 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 January 2020
Employment effect (start)
3 January 2020
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
The Polish producer of mining machinery Jastrzębskie Zakłady Remontowe (JZR) announced that it plans to create about 170 new positions at its production facility in Suszec in 2020. JZR is looking for welders, locksmiths and machine operators. In 2020, the company will expand its production division at the unit and will construct new production halls and operate working space with a total space of 15,000 quadrat meters. The company plans to invest nearly PLN 48.5 million (€ 11.30 million as at 01 February 2020) in the project.
Jastrzębskie Zakłady Remontowe was founded in 1998 as a subsidiary of Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), a coal mining company. The company specialises in the production of mining machinery as well as renovation and modernization of mining equipment. Currently, the company employs about 500 people.
Eurofound (2020), Jastrzębskie Zakłady Remontowe, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 99690, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99690.
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