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Manufacturing Machinery and equipment Repair, maintenance and installation of machinery and equipment 33.17 - Repair and maintenance of other civilian transport equipment
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 April 2025
Employment effect (start)
14 April 2025
Foreseen end date
31 December 2025
Description
PKP Remtrak, a rail car repair company, intends to hire an additional 200 people at its plant in Opole.
The reason is the growing needs in the wagon fleet of PKP Intercity, the rail service company. The new recruitment is expected to last until the end of 2025; among others, locksmiths, welders, electricians, and body assemblers will be hired.
PKP Intercity Remtrak, formerly Zakład Usług Taborowych “REMTRAK”, operating since 1999, is a company specialising in repairs of passenger transport rail carts and locomotives. It has facilities in Libiszów, Warsaw and Opole.
Eurofound (2025), PKP Remtrak, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 202638, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202638.
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