International Automotive Components (IAC) has broken ground for a US$20m greenfield plant in Opole, Poland to manufacture instrument panels for premium passenger cars, operational mid-2017.
IAC Opole will be built in steps during the course of this year and will cover 27,000 m² (290,625 square feet). It will serve as the Company’s 27th plant in Europe, further extending IAC’s manufacturing footprint in Eastern Europe.
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Although initially built to provide instrument panels, the plant has been designed to support future growth by supplying other interiors products to vehicle manufacturers in the region, as many international OEMs are establishing, or already have plants within 100 to 450 km from IAC Opole.
The facility will initially focus on cut & sew operations as well as hand-wrapped instrument panels and is expected to generate around 550 skilled jobs in the region.
“The IAC Opole installment is aligned with IAC’s 2020 Vision, our global strategy of supporting our customers with interiors solutions that help them to create sales success in the various regions where they are located,” said IAC SVP Cockpit & Overhead Systems Europe, Marcus Nyman.
