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Manufacturing Other manufacturing Other manufacturing 32.5 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
750 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 June 2025
Employment effect (start)
18 June 2025
Foreseen end date
Description
Stryker Poland Manufacturing, a medical device company, has expanded its plant in Skawina, where it plans to employ an additional 750 people.
The new plant will act as a centre for advanced manufacturing technology and will play a key role in the global supply chain strategy. Employment at the plant currently stands at 250, but is expected to increase to 1,000 due to the expansion. The investment was made with tax support under the Polish Investment Zone programme.
Stryker Poland Manufacturing belongs to the American company Stryker, which produces medical devices and equipment.
Eurofound (2025), Stryker Poland Manufacturing, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 202970, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202970.
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