Fujikura Automotive Ukraine Lviv LLC, controlled by the Japanese manufacturer of electrical equipment and telecommunications systems Fujikura, is launching production lines in penal centers of Lviv region where around 400 convicted persons will work.

According to a posting on the website of Lviv Regional Administration, this was discussed at a meeting of Lviv Regional Administration Head Oleh Syniutka and Ukrainian Justice Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Petrenko.

Department head of the western inter-regional division for enforcement of criminal sanctions of the Justice Ministry Mykhailo Dziudzia said that production lines were launched in Lychakov penal center No. 30.

Preparations for launching production lines in Drohobych penal center No. 40 and Zbarazh penal center No. 63 are underway.

Fujikura Automotive Ukraine Lviv in April and September 2016 opened two automotive parts plants in Lviv region and in May 2017 First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Stepan Kubiv said that the company wants to open two more plants in Ukraine – in Vinnytsia and Cherkasy with 1,500 new jobs each.

Fujikura Automotive Ukraine Lviv also plans to expand the work of two major enterprises in Lviv region and increase the number of employees from 2,000 to 3,000, he said.

Fujikura was founded in Japan in 1885 and gradually expanded to an international corporation engaged in innovative technologies. The turnover of the company exceeds EUR5 billion per year. The company's representative offices operate in the United States, Singapore, Malaysia, Great Britain, Vietnam, and India. Its staff exceeds 50,000 employees worldwide.