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Manufacturing Manufacture of rubber, plastic and non-metallic minerals Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 22.11 - Manufacture, retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres and manufacture of tubes
39 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 September 2024
Employment effect (start)
21 September 2024
Foreseen end date
30 September 2025
Description
The French tire manufacturer Michelin has decided to move back-office jobs from its flagship factory located in Stoke-on-Trent (UK) to its Polish subsidiary in Warsaw. The company’s new decision is to move around 60 back-office (non-production support) positions to Eastern Europe, with 22 to Romania (Bucharest) by the end of next year and 39 to Poland (Warsaw) by September 2025.
Previously Michelin announced the closure its factory for heavy trucks in Poland, in Olsztyn, where about 430 employees work, and move part of its production to Romania, arguing lower costs on the Romanian market.
Eurofound (2024), Michelin, Reshoring in Poland, factsheet number 202954, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202954.
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