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.
US-based paints, chemicals and glass manufacturer PPG Industries has announced that it will create at least 100 jobs at its regional services centre in Wrocław. The process of team building has been already started. The centre will create and develop IT services (business applications, web technologies and mobile digital platforms), provide logistic services and develop R&D operations. The unit will provide its services to all company’s unit around the world.
PPG Industries is an American Fortune 500 company and global supplier of paints, coatings, specialty materials and fiberglass. The company operates in more than 70 countries around the globe. In Poland, the company has production facilities in 3 locations: Ostrów Wielkopolski, Wrocław and Cieszyn.
Eurofound (2017), PPG Industries, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 90518, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/90518.
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