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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20.59 - Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c.
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 February 2020
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
The British chemical company Matthey Poland has announced that it will create 400 new production jobs at its new catalyst facility in Gliwice. The plant, located in the Katowice Special Economic Zone, Poland, is expected to be launched in April 2020. The company has invested about PLN 450 million (€104.31 million as at 26 February 2020) in the factory with two production lines. The plant will specialize in the production of catalysts for various types of engines.
Johnson Matthey is one of the largest European suppliers of catalysts and Lithium-ion battery systems. The company has been operating in Gliwice since 1999; currently, the company has a plant in Gliwice specializing in the production of lithium-ion batteries.
Eurofound (2020), Johnson Matthey Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 99838, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99838.
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