Company/Organisation:
Volkswagen Poznań
Geographic Location
Country:
Poland
Region:
Wielkopolskie; Polnocno-Zachodni
Location of affected unit(s):
Września
Company
Sector:
Manufacturing
Manufacture of transport equipment
29.10 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
Number Employed:
1500
Employment Effects
Announcement Date:
15-01-2016
Type of Restructuring:
Business expansion
Employment Effect Start:
16-01-2016
Planned Job Creation:
1500
Additional Information
Volkswagen Poznań has announced that it will create 1,500 new jobs at its new factory in Września (Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone, Poland). The factory is expected to be fully operational in October 2016.
In October 2014, the company received a permit for building the factory which will produce a new generation of Volkswagen Crafter. The investment is worth PLN 3.3 million (EUR 0.74 million USD 0.82 million) and will bring 3,000 jobs in total; by the end of 2015, the company created 1,500 jobs there. The plant will produce 100 thousand cars per year.
Volkswagen Poznań has been operating in Poland since 1993; the company employs over 7,000 people in the region. It recruited 900 people at its Poznań plant in 2015.
Sources:
15-01-2016Puls HR
20-01-2016Epoznan
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