Uniwheels to open new plant in Poland in 2016

Uniwheels will open its third plant and second one in Poland in Stalowa Wola (south-east Poland) in the spring of 2016. Production will start in August, the company reported on Tuesday.

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The construction of a production hall has been completed. Production will start in August with a target of 0.5 million pieces in 2016. As of 2017 the annual output is planned at 2 million wheels, according to Uniwheels president Ralf Schmid.

Schmid added that this meant that as of 2017 production capacity of Stalowa Wola would go up by one-third.

At present the company has one plant in Werdohl in Germany and the second one in Stalowa Wola.

Uniwheels is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. (PAP)

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