Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Centralny; Mazowieckie; Warszawski
Location of affected unit(s)
Grodzisk Mazowiecki
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Tobacco Products
Manufacture Of Tobacco Products
12.00 - Manufacture of tobacco products

100 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
27 June 2019
Employment effect (start)
27 June 2019
Foreseen end date

Description

The Emirates-based tobacco company Al Fakher has announced that it will create 100 jobs at its new production facility in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland. The factory was officially opened on 27 June 2019. The investment process was supported by the Polish Investment and Trade Agency. Due to rising popularity of shisha smoking globally, the UAE-based company decided to place its factory in Europe. The company was founded in the United Arab Emirates in 1999. Al Fakher is one of the world’s largest producers flavour shisha molasses.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2019), Al Fakher Tobacco, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 98119, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98119.