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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.25 - Manufacture of non-domestic cooling and ventilation equipment
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 January 2020
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
Japanese company Toshiba Carrier announced it will create about 100 jobs at its new air conditioning factory and distribution centre in Gniezno, Poland. The company will be looking for mainly control and mechatronics specialists. Toshiba plans to invest PLN 100 million (€23 million as at 17 February 2020) in the project. The factory, located in the Kostrzyn-Słubice Special Economic Zone, is expected to be operational by the end of 2020. The first European Toshiba unit will specialise in the production of air conditioners, refrigeration systems, fans and compressors.
Eurofound (2020), Toshiba Carrier, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 99767, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99767.
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