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Manufacturing Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products Manufacture of electrical equipment 27.2 - Manufacture of batteries and accumulators
350 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 May 2025
Employment effect (start)
13 May 2025
Foreseen end date
Description
Inoway, a battery materials producer, will open a new factory in Radzikowice, where it will initially employ 350 people.
The Ionway factory will supply active CAM cathode material, which is used to make cathodes for electric car batteries; production is scheduled to start in the first half of 2026. The company will recruit in the production, maintenance and logistics departments, analytical laboratory and specialist and managerial positions; recruitment has already begun.
Ionway is a joint venture between two companies: PowerCo, a Volkswagen Group battery manufacturer, and Umicore, a manufacturer of circular material technology.
Eurofound (2025), Ionway, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 202753, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202753.
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