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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.20 - Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 April 2017
Employment effect (start)
9 April 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Polish manufacturer of trams and underground trains Alstom Konstal, a subsidiary of French industrial group Alstom, has announced that it will create 200 new jobs at its unit in Chorzów by the end of 2017. The company plans to hire about 25 designers and engineers as well as recruit production staff, especially electricians, mechanists and welders. The restructuring programme is associated with the large contracts which have been already signed by Alstom Konstal with the contractor from Saudi Arabia and Dutch railway operator.
Alstom Konstal was founded in 1864 and it has been part of Alstom Group since 1997. In Chorzów Alstom Konstal employs 1,100 people.
Sources
9 April 2017: Puls HR
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Alstom Konstal, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 90693, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90693.
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