Autoliv buckled in
Sweden's Autoliv will develop a new plant in Mirków, near Wrocław, employing 50 workers. The production line will manufacturer between eight and 12 million seat belts a year, according to Łukasz Czajkowski, from the Wrocław Regional Development Agency.
Autoliv supplies seat belts and airbags to all the leading automobile manufacturers in the world through its network of 80 subsidiaries and joint ventures in 30 countries. The concern employs 40,000 people across the world and is listed on both the New York and Swedish stock exchanges.
It currently operates two plants in Lower Silesia at Jelcz-Laskowice and Oława.
Recently Autoliv closed down an airbag plant in Britain with the loss of around 520 jobs to move production to Turkey. It was the latest move in a general streamlining process that has seen closures in the US, Sweden and the Netherlands in favor of low-cost labor countries.
Autoliv supplies seat belts and airbags to all the leading automobile manufacturers in the world through its network of 80 subsidiaries and joint ventures in 30 countries. The concern employs 40,000 people across the world and is listed on both the New York and Swedish stock exchanges.
It currently operates two plants in Lower Silesia at Jelcz-Laskowice and Oława.
Recently Autoliv closed down an airbag plant in Britain with the loss of around 520 jobs to move production to Turkey. It was the latest move in a general streamlining process that has seen closures in the US, Sweden and the Netherlands in favor of low-cost labor countries.
