US industrial group Hutchinson is planning to expand its production capacity for car body seals at its plant in special economic zone in Lodz, Poland.

The company, part of the Total Group, intends to introduce several new manufacturing lines creating 250 new jobs through an investment of €10m.

The project investment is expected to be completed by the end of December 2015, according to PAlilZ, the Polish information and foreign investment agency.

Hutchinson Poland operates two plants in Lodz as well as others in Zywiec and Bielsko-Biala in Poland providing components chiefly for the automotive industry. In Zywiec, the company makes pipe products for vehicle fuel lines, air transfer and engine cooling ducts.

The 150-year-old US group, with its European base in Paris, France, is a global specialist in elastomer processing.  It employs nearly 26,000 in Europe, North and South America and runs 119 plants worldwide.

Hutchinson serves major air, land and marine transport groups through its four dedicated business areas including vibration, acoustic and thermal insulation; sealing systems; fluid transfer systems and transmission and mobility systems.