Investments In Poland: May 2011

Tuesday 31 May 2011

200 new jobs in the Łódź SEZ

New investors declare to run projects jointly worth PLN 254 mln.

BSH Sprzęt Gospodarstwa declared to increase its Łódź-based production of clothes dryers. The company plans to buy new technology lines worth PLN 38 mln and create 20 new jobs. This will be the company’s third development project located in the Łódź Special Economic Zone.

Procter & Gamble was granted the company’s fifth permission to expand business activity in the Łódź Special Economic Zone. The project envisages creation of a modern assembly line producing shavers for women in the concern’s Gillette facility located in the Łódź district of Nowy Józefów. The project will generate 50 new jobs and will contribute to the maintenance of the existing 850 jobs. To date the company invested over PLN 1.5 bn and created nearly 2.5 thousand jobs in Łódź, Aleksandrów and Warszawa.

L-Correct wants to open a facility in Ociąż and create 100 jobs. The company’s new facility, worth PLN70 mln will be located in the Nowe Skalmierzyce subzone, will produce new generation foam and wire for the furniture industry. The new factory will be constructed in the direct vicinity of the investor's other factory run by CORRECT - K Błaszczyk i wspólnicy Spółka Komandytowa. The company met all the requirements which classify the project as an innovative project. In fact, the latex foam will be a completely new product on the Polish market. The investment project will thus increase the competitiveness of Poland’s economy and will make Polish producers of mattresses and upholstered furniture independent of foreign suppliers (usually from France, Italy, Belgium and Spain). CORRECT - K. Błaszczyk i wspólnicy Spółka Komandytowa was granted two business activity permissions by the Łódź SEZ - in 2006 and in 2008. To date the company has invested PLN 281 mln and created 994 jobs.

Albéa Poland will expand its production activity and install a new production line in its Łódź-based facility. The company will invest PLN16 mln, create 10 new jobs and maintain the existing 200 jobs. Cebal Tuba Albéa Poland is Poland’s leader in plastic tube packaging production. (Łódź SEZ)

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Monday 30 May 2011

The biggest outsourcing conference in June in Warsaw

The joint Roadshow and ABSL conference will take place on June 17^th, 2011.

The aim is to discuss current trends and directions of the sector’s development in Poland. This is going to be the biggest outsourcing event in Poland with representatives of business, government and media.

The event will be combined with II Conference of the Association of Business Service Leaders in Poland (ABSL). The patronage over the joint Roadshow and ABSL project will be provided by the Ministry of Economy in cooperation with the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency and the Polish Chamber of Commerce. This is the first outsourcing project of this size carried out by two leading organizations acting for the benefit of the modern business service sector development in Poland and improving the investment attractiveness of Poland.

One of the major topics of the conference will be the position of Poland on the global map of business services. During the conference ABSL will make public its most recent report concerning the modern business service market in Poland and in the region of Central and Eastern Europe. The report includes the scale of employment and types of processes in the sector as well as analyses major service centres locations in the region. This year, for the first time, the analysis covered not only Poland but also other countries in the region. (ABSL/Roadshow)

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Sunday 29 May 2011

“American Investments in Poland - chances, successes, challenges”

The conference will be held on June 2^nd, 2011, at 10.00 a.m.

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to participate in a conference entitled "American Investments in Poland - chances, successes, challenges”, organized by the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency. The conference will be held on the 2nd of June 2011, at 10.00 a.m., at the PAIiIZ Information Centre.

The aim of this event is to exchange experiences regarding American investments in Poland and to discuss PAIiIZ’s role in increasing the attractiveness of Poland’s offer to investors.

We hope that this invitation to participate in the conference will be of interest to you.

R.S.V.P. 30th of May 2011 malgorzata.gelo@paiz.gov.pl. (PAIiIZ)

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Seminar: Opportunities related to activities of international aid organizations

The seminar will take place on June 8^th, 2011 at the PAIiIZ Information Centre.

The seminar will be focused on projects financed by The World Bank that would require supplies, construction and advisory services offered by private sector. Current and future projects will be presented and the rules of their implementation explained, including the contractors selection procedures.

The seminar will take place on June 8th, 2011 at the PAIiIZ Information Centre in Warsaw, Bagatela 12 Str. Participation is free pf charge.

For more information please visit the Private Sector Liaison Officer to the World Bank Group website:

www.paiz.gov.pl/pslo.(PAIiIZ)

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Wednesday 4 May 2011

Winkelmann gets its 3rd permission to invest in the Legnica SEZ

This is the 96^th permission issued by the SEZ.

Winkelmann produces mainly water heaters and components for the car industry. Winkelmann plans to construct and install with modern equipment its new facility which will be located within the Legnickie Pole subzone and wants to expand its production plants in the Legnica subzone. The company is the third biggest, after Sitech and Volkswagen, employer in the Legnica SEZ. Now Winkelmann has over 100 employees in its five factories.

From the left: Aleksander Kostuń, Head of the Legnickie Pole commune; Alfred Jerszyński, Dorectorrof Winkelmann Poland and Adam Grabowiecki, President of the Legnica SEZ

The new operation will involve an investment of PLN120 mln and will result in the increase of the current employment level up to 990 by the end of 2016. (Legnica SEZ)

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Sunday 1 May 2011

New investor in the Łódź SEZ

100 new jobs in the Łódź Special Economic Zone.

The investor, L-Correct will construct a production facility worth PLN70 mln in the Nowe Skalmierzyce subzone. In the facility L-Correct will manufacture latex foams and wires for the furniture industry. The new factory will be constructed in the direct vicinity of the investor's other factory run by CORRECT - K Błaszczyk i wspólnicy Spółka Komandytowa. The company met all the requirements which classify the project as an innovative initiative. In fact, the latex foam will be a completely new product on the Polish market. The investment project will thus increase the competitiveness of Poland’s economy, will make Polish producers of mattresses and upholstered furniture independent of foreign suppliers (usually from France, Italy, Belgium and Spain).
CORRECT - K. Błaszczyk i wspólnicy Spółka Komandytowa was granted two business activity permissions by the Łódź SEZ - in 2006 and in 2008. To date the company has invested PLN281 mln and created 994 workplaces. (ŁSSE)

New investor in the Łódź SEZ

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