Fabryka Wagonów Gniewczyna

Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion wschodni; Podkarpackie; Przemyski
Location of affected unit(s)
Gniewczyna Łańcucka
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
30.2 - Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock
30.20 - Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock
260 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
9 February 2015
Employment effect (start)
2 February 2015
Foreseen end date

Description

At the beginning of February Fabryka Wagonów Gniewczyna, the railway carriage factory located in Gniewczyna Łańcucka (Podkarpackie Voivodeship), has re-employed 260 workers, who have lost their jobs when the company announced its bankruptcy on 9 October 2014. The company’s trustee together with the owner - Slovakian company Forespo - will try to find a new strategic investor.

Sources

  • 9 February 2015: Gazeta Wyborcza

Citation

Eurofound (2015), Fabryka Wagonów Gniewczyna, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 78294, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/78294.