Gedia Invests €20 Million to expand Plant in Nowa Sol

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Gedia Invests €20 Million to expand Plant in Nowa Sol

The total value of the project is €20 million and the company is to create 40 new jobs. The project consists of four different parts. The first one is the construction of the new production hall with the modern press. The next step is the construction of new 8 thousand square metre assembly hall for car parts, following is the purchase of the modern press with the thrust of 1100 ton, the last is the construction of a hot press line.

The company invested 4 mln EUR in the first phase of the expansion of the Nowa Sól plant. In the assembly room (of ca 9,8 thousand sq m) the new process, performed until now in Kożuchów and Nowa Sól plants, will start as the brand new projects for automotive industry, based on new bonding technology - aluminum welding.

The new investment will improve the internal logistic and help the productivity. The sections of pressing, assembly and logistic will increase their autonomy. Particularly the standards will grow for the 300 workers hired in the Assembly Section.

Gedia Poland is the largest employer in Nowa Sól. It employs 970 people. The company is placed at the 418th position in the ranking of the largest employers in Poland.

In the second half of 2011 and the first half of 2012 Gedia Poland is planning to invest in the further development of its plant.

Germany-based Gedia, a supplier of pressed body parts and welded components, plans to expand its manufacturing plant in Nowa Sol in western Poland