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(10 - 33) Manufacturing (32) Other manufacturing 32 - Other manufacturing 32.5 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 October 2024
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2025
Foreseen end date
Description
Kyocera Fineceramics Medical, a Japanese global corporation in the field of medical technology, is creating up to 200 new jobs in Waiblingen with the opening of a newly built production site for joint prosthesis components, in particular high-quality ceramic ball heads for hip prostheses. The new jobs will be created gradually from the planned inauguration on 1 October 2025.
Construction of the production hall began in October 2024. Production is scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2026.
The parties involved from the administration, economic development and companies expressed their satisfaction with the developments at the site.
Kyocera Fineceramics Medical is part of the Kyocera Group. The Kyocera Group is one of the world's leading suppliers of technical ceramic components for the technology industry and currently produces over 200 different ceramic materials.
Eurofound (2024), Kyocera Fineceramics Medical, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 203183, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203183.
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