Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Pasta Food Company, producer of frozen lasagna and pasta, has announced that aims at employing 150 workers in Poland. This means that 100 new positions will be created at its factory in Opole (Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone). The company has invested so far PLN 80 mn (EUR 19.46 mn USD 21.27 mn).
Pasta Food Company was established by two companies, France-based Stefano Toselli and Belgium-based Ter Beke. The factory in Opole has been operating since October 2014.
Eurofound (2015), Pasta Food Company, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 84386, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/84386.
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