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.
Manufacturing Manufacture of tobacco products Manufacture of tobacco products 12.0 - Manufacture of tobacco products
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 April 2025
Employment effect (start)
3 April 2025
Foreseen end date
Description
Philip Morris Polska, a tobacco manufacturer, has completed a modernisation of the factory in Kraków that will employ 300 people.
The investment is linked to the company's increased production, with products being distributed to Germany, Japan and Austria, among others. In connection with the expansion, more than 300 new positions have been created, including 285 for experts and high-level specialists - engineers, mechanics or operators.
Philip Morris International Inc. is an American company producing cigarettes and other tobacco products. In Poland, the company is represented by 3 companies (Philip Morris Polska, PMI Service Center Europe, Philip Morris Polska Distribution)
Eurofound (2025), Philip Morris Polska, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 202605, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202605.
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