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ECONOMIC BULLETIN OF METROPOLIS GZM NO. 1/2021 PREFACE Metropolis GZM – the first metropolis in . GZM includes 41 cities and municipalities with approx. 2.3 million people. It spans over 2,500 sq km, where modern technology related to the automotive, IT or medical industries (among others) develop alongside the traditional industry. Metropolis GZM is a platform for wide- ranging co-operation, aimed at improving the quality and the comfort of life of its residents.

Dear Reader, we give you the first issue of economic bulletin “In Metropolis GZM. Business”. Once a quarter, we are going to present materials regarding the development projects run in Metropolis GZM, which associates 41 cities and municipalities located in the central part of the Silesian - ship. In this way, we want to bring you closer to the potential of our conurbation inhabited by over 2 million residents who change it for the better with their creativity and everyday work. Thanks to them, we look boldly towards modern branches of industry and economy. We hope that this bulletin’s data will help you make decisions GZM about your investments’ location or their further development. The first issue is a summary of the twelve difficult months of 2020 and an opening balance of 2021. Our ambition is to prepare an interesting and reliable material. We are open to your comments and suggestions. Please do not hesitate to contact us. Metropolis GZM really is a very good address. Enjoy your reading.

Kazimierz Karolczak

Chairman of the Board, Metropolis GZM

Partner 2 ECONOMY IN METROPOLIS GZM. BUSINESS IN METROPOLIS GZM. BUSINESS ECONOMY 3 Metropolis GZM is going to create one of Investment projects in GZM the largest open data platforms in Poland in Q1 2021

Over 1,700 data sets were inventoried in 28 GZM’s municipalities which took part in the project. Everyone will be able to use them – the residents, entre- TOWN/CITY INVESTOR INDUSTRY VALUE OF NUMBER OF OTHER DATA preneurs, investors, scientists and non-governmental organisations. INVESTMENTS IN PLN NEW JOBS OR INVESTMENT SIZE

Dąbrowa Górnicza Instanta Food PLN 55 mil 50 — Watch more about Metropolis GZM You can use the functionality of the portal now. Open data platform The initial version of the platform was published BOS Innovation and Automotive — 60 — in 2019. Technology Center

Czeladź OTCF S.A. owner Distribution centre Target surface of — The distance from this new of 4F brand in BTS formula 67,000 sqm. In the first stage, investment to A4 motorway The year of 2020 was a record one in the last 20 years for Katowice Special (a warehouse facility, over 40,000 sqm of surface is 12 km, and 15 km to A1. The record year of Katowice Special Economic Economic Zone (KSSE S.A.). 57 new investment projects worth over designed and built for were prepared. Katowice International PLN 4.9 billion, to create 1,500 new jobs. Again, KSSE S.A. became the a dedicated recipient) Airport in is Zone and even more new products best economic zone in Poland. located 21 km away.

Chorzów In-Post Logistics centre in the 6,000 sqm — The facility is located in INVESTMENTS Watch more about the record year premises of Prologis the vicinity of A4 “Chorzów 12 MONTHS OF 2020 of Katowice Special Economic Zone Park Chorzów Batory” junction and is very well connected with A1 motorway. EACH EACH

Dąbrowa Górnicza JSW Koks S.A. Manufacturer and PLN 648 mil — — 80.7% 5.3% 3.5% 1.75% exporter of coke

POLISH CAPITAL GERMAN CAPITAL ENGLISH, ITALIAN CAPITAL DUTCH, CHINESE, SWEDISH, Source: own elaboration Source: own elaboration based on Source: own elaboration based AMERICAN CAPITAL based on “Centrum prasowe “Panattoni Europe Polska”. on “Kolejne centrum logistyczne Katowickiej Specjalnej Strefy I n P o s t”. INDUSTRIES E ko n o m i c z n ej S.A.”. 12 MONTHS OF 2020 EACH EACH SK IE Technology to invest PLN 3.9 billion in Katowice Special Economic Zone S.A. 15.8% 14.1% 8.8% 7% in Dąbrowa Górnicza

POLISH CAPITAL AUTOMOTIVE, CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY PAPER, PLASTIC

EACH EACH Photo by Dariusz Nowak, Dąbrowa Górnicza City Hall archives

Source: “SK IE Technology to make the largest ever The Korean SK IE Technology has announced the construction of two investment in separator plants in Poland”. more factories of separators for batteries used in electric vehicles. New 5.2% plants are to be established in the premises of Katowice Special Economic 3.5% 5.2% Zone S.A. in Dąbrowa Górnicza, where work on the construction of the

FOOD FURNITURE, ELECTRIC, IT CHEMICAL, TRANSPORT, BPO, ENERGY, investor’s first two factories is currently carried out. The value of invest- GLASS PRODUCTS, MEDICAL, POLYGRAPHIC, Source: “SK zwiększa inwestycje do 7 mld zł”. ment is PLN 3.9 billion. It is going be the world’s largest production plant NO. 1/2021 RECYCLING, WOOD PROCESSING AND OTHER of this Korean concern. ECONOMIC BULLETIN METROPOLIS OF GZM 4 ECONOMY IN METROPOLIS GZM. BUSINESS IN METROPOLIS GZM. BUSINESS LABOUR MARKET 5

TENGLONG POLSKA S.A. has started construction of a production The companies operating in the Metropolis are ranked Construction of a production and and warehouse facility at Strefowa street in Bieruń. The project, Companies from Metropolis GZM among the 300 Poland’s Best Employers 2021 by “Forbes” worth PLN 100 million, is being implemented on a plot of land of 4 ha. magazine. The list was based on the opinions of the warehouse hall of the Asian investor The investment will result in the creation of 600 jobs. employees. The study was caried out from September ranked among Poland’s Best Employers to October 2020 on a sample of approx. 1800 employers has started in Bieruń that hire at least 250 employees in Poland. 2021 by “Forbes” magazine

Source: own elaboration based on “Azjatycki inwestor rozpoczął budowę dużego zakładu w KSSE w Bieruniu”.

INDUSTRY COMPANY HEAD OFFICE RANK IN THE RANK IN THE INDUSTRY LIST According to the report “Sektor nowoczesnych usług biznesowych Metropolis GZM and its capital Katowice w Katowicach” (Modern business services sector in Katowice), prepared by the ABSL (the Association of Business Service Leaders), Katowice and Wholesale trade Saint-Gobain Dąbrowa Górnicza 1 125 is one out of five most important GZM is one of the five most important centres in Poland where the modern business services sector account for 3.0–3.5% of the GDP of Poland. In the Healthcare and social welfare BetMed Chorzów 2 141 centres for the development of modern last four years, there has been an increase by almost 70% in employment in business services centres in Katowice and GZM. The main category of Retail trade ALDI Chorzów 23 215 services sector services provided in these centres are IT services (43.3% of the total num- ber of employees), followed by SSC/GBS (33.1%), BPO (12.3%), R&D (3.7%) Banks and financial services ING Bank Śląski Katowice 1 7 and other (7.6%). As assumed by the experts, the sector in Katowice will continue to develop dynamically – there are 27,000 people employed in the Transport and logistics CTL Logistics 2 26 centres now and the forecasts are that the number of employees is going Tramwaje Śląskie Chorzów 20 188 to exceed 28,500 people in 2021. In Katowice and Metropolis GZM, there are 114 operating modern busi- Education and research University of Economics Katowice 3 43 ness service centres from 19 countries (as many as 90 in the capital in Katowice of the Metropolis). University of in Katowice 9 93

IT, internet, software, computer games Sopra Steria Katowice 10 157 Download the report in Polish and English Source: own elaboration based on the ABSL report and computer service “Modern business services sector in Katowice”. Oil and gas extraction, mining, chemical industry Polska Grupa Górnicza Katowice 7 198

Pharmaceutics and biotechnology Farmacol Katowice 2 101

GZM companies among the fastest Katowice as the fourth largest office Manufacturing and processing of raw materials, Saint-Gobain Dąbrowa Górnicza 3 125 developing in Europe market in Poland building materials, metal and paper ArcelorMittal 4 129

Power engineering and public utilities TAURON Group Katowice 4 130 BrainHub from , Skyrise.tech from Katowice and Holding Piga.pl In 2020, there were 61,300 sqm of new surface commissioned in 4 office from ranked among the 1000 fastest growing companies according projects. The demand for new office spaces amounted to 65,000 sqm Construction Mostostal Gliwice 7 132 to Financial Times. of surface area in 2020. According to the estimates, approx. 190,000 sqm of modern office space will be commissioned by 2023 in Katowice. The two Automotive industry and other means of transport NGK Ceramics Gliwice 4 127 largest projects are being implemented in the capital of Metropolis GZM: (contractors, subcontractors, sales) Brembo Dąbrowa Górnicza 8 172 COMPANY RANK SECTOR Global Office Park complex (55,100 sqm), implemented by Cavatina Holding Nexteer Automotive Tychy 10 206 and KTW II carried out by TDJ Estate (42,000 sqm). According to special- Auto Partner Bieruń 16 250 BrainHub 249 Software ists from this sector, the rates of rent will remain stable. In new buildings, Lear Corporation Tychy 20 271 they are at the level of EUR 13.5 to EUR 15.5 EUR for a sqm per month, and Magneti Marelli Katowice 24 279 Skyrise.tech 549 Information approx. EUR 9–12 for a sqm per month in B class projects. technologies Other services (human resources, real estate, ERA Chorzów 9 196 and services call centres and other)

Holding Piga.pl 681 Wall decor

Source: own elaboration based on “Trzy śląskie Source: own elaboration based on “Mimo Source: own elaboration based on “Praca w tych

firmy w rankingu FT 1000 – najszybciej rosnących pandemii w Katowicach powstają nowe firmach to 300 radość. Ranking Poland’s Best NO. 1/2021 firm w Europie”. projekty biurowe”. Employers 2021”. ECONOMIC BULLETIN METROPOLIS OF GZM 6 LABOUR MARKET IN METROPOLIS GZM. BUSINESS IN METROPOLIS GZM. BUSINESS EDUCATION AND SCIENCE 7 New recruitment projects in Metropolis GZM Report on students and universities in GZM

6,4% Tri-City

COMPANY NUMBER OF NEW AREA/SPECIALISATION Source: own elaboration As implies from the report “Studenci i uczelnie wyższe na terenie GZM” JOBS based on: (Students and universities in GZM), prepared by the Department of Strategy and Spatial Policy of the GZM Metropolitan Office, there were 18 universities 8,5% Capgemini 200 IT specialists and experts “Capgemini chce zatrudnić w Katowicach and 6 branches (branch faculties), located in 7 cities, 8 of which were public Poznań 18,2% , kolejnych 200 osób”, and 16 were non-public universities, in the Metropolis in the academic year 5,4% Poland of 2019/2020. There were 88,900 students in GZM in the academic year of Łódź ArchiDoc 120 Credit application centre “ArchiDoc otwiera centrum obsługi 2019/2020, which accounted for 79.1% of students of all universities in the 5% 9% Lublin for banks wniosków kredytowych dla banków”, Silesian and 7.4% of students in Poland. The largest share of Wrocław the number of students in the country in 2019 was in Warsaw (18.2%), fol- 7,4% Honeywell >100 Production of warehouse “Honeywell inwestuje w Chorzowie. lowed by Kraków (10.8%), Wrocław (9%) and Poznań (8.5%). However, GZM GZM automation systems Zatrudni ponad 100 osób”, was ranked ahead of the Tri-City (6.4%), Łódź (5.4%) and Lublin (5%).

Sopra Steria 300 Cloud technologies, operating sys- “Sopra Steria Polska zatrudni ponad Polska tems, databases, application support 300 nowych pracowników w Katowicach”.

REGISTEREDSTOPA BEZROBOCIA UNEMPLOYMENT REJESTROWANEGO RATE – GZM  POWIATYDISTRICTS GZM WITH Z THE NUMBER OF JOB OFFERS PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS BY THE FIELD social science LOWESTNAJNIŻSZĄ AND I NAJWYŻSZĄ HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT STOPĄ BEZROBOCIA RATE RELATIVE NA TLE WOJEWÓDZT TO  AS OF THE END OF JANUARY 2021 OF EDUCATION IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 40.9% WA ŚLĄSKIEGO I KRAJU  STYCZEŃ 2021 THE AND POLAND – JANUARY 2021 2018/2019 OR 2019/2020 engineering and technical science 25.1%

medical and health science 18.1% LICZBA OFERT PRACY Katowice stan w końcu miesiąca – styczeń 2021 humanities 9.2% exact and natural sciences 3.3% min. max Bytom 310 Chorzów 135 arts 3.2% Dąbrowa Górnicza 304 01.2021 01.2021 0 10 20 30 40 50 1.8% 10.4% Gliwice 150 Katowice 720 Mysłowice 101 Moreover, the results of the report show that the universities located in 12.2020 1.7% (0.1 pp) 12.2020 10.1% (+0.3 pp) Piekary Śląskie 82 GZM are popular mainly among the residents of the Silesian voivode- FOREIGN STUDENTS IN THE Ruda Śląska 101 ship – they account for 80% of the students. The second group of stu- ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019 Siemianowice Śląskie 262 dents in the Metropolis comes from the neighbouring : 01.2020 1.1% (+0.7 pp) 01.2020 8.8% (+1.6 pp) Sosnowiec 422 Małopolskie (9.2%), Świętokrzyskie (1.8%) and Opolskie (1.7%). It is associ- Świętochłowice 661 ated both with a temporary stay and with a chance for at least a gradual Tychy 129 improvement of the demographic situation in the region. Other interest- Zabrze 338 ing information contained in the study concerns the country of origin of Silesian voivodeship Poland Będzin district 846 foreigners studying in the Metropolis. Foreign students in GZM came Bieruń-Lędziny district 14 from as many as 100 countries. Most of them have arrived from Gliwice district 56 in recent years. The greatest diversity in the academic year of 2019/2020 Mikołów district 361 was observed in the Silesian University of Technology, whose students Tarnowskie Góry district 190 came from 54 countries. In the same academic year, the Medical Univer- 01.2021 01.2021 sity of Silesia educated students of 50 nationalities. Most of them came 5.1% 6.5% 0 500 1000 from Ukraine, Israel and Belarus.

12.2020 4.9% (+0.2 pp) 12.2020 6.2% (+0.3 pp)

Source: Metropolitan Socio-Economic Source: report “Studenci i uczelnie 01.2020 (+1.2 pp) 01.2020 (+1.0 pp)

3.9% 5.5% NO. 1/2021 Observatory. wyższe na terenie GZM”. ECONOMIC BULLETIN METROPOLIS OF GZM 8 EDUCATION AND SCIENCE IN METROPOLIS GZM. BUSINESS IN METROPOLIS GZM. BUSINESS QUALITY OF LIFE 9 The Metropolis GZM to improve the quality of life of its residents

The co-operation of the global company with the University of Economics in The action programme aimed at reducing low-stack emissions (PONE) and Strategic co-operation of the University of Katowice is a result of, among other things, great results achieved by grad- the Metropolitan Solidarity Fund are two financial instruments supporting uates of the university in the structures of TMF Group. The Polish branch of the projects of cities and municipalities in GZM intended to eliminate the Economics in Katowice with TMF Group’s TMF Group - with its offices in Warsaw and Katowice, where TMF Group’s differences in the socio-economic development and to improve the quality European Centre is now being opened - employs almost 500 people and is of life of the residents. They are fully funded by Metropolis GZM. European Centre one of the largest branches of TMF Group in the region of Europe, the Mid- dle East and Africa (EMEA). Over 60% of companies listed in Fortune Global 500 and FTSE 100 and nearly half of the world’s 300 largest private equity FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT VALUE OF FINANCIAL NUMBER OF INVESTMENTS BUDGET companies use the services of TMF Group. UNDER IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT IN 2020 IMPLEMENTED IN 2020 FOR 2021

ACTION PROGRAMME Source: own elaboration based on “Europejskie AIMED AT REDUCING Centrum TMF Group rozpoczyna strategiczną współpracę LOWSTACK EMISSIONS z UE Katowice”, University of Economics in Katowice. PLN 74 mil 125 PLN 30 mil

The level of educational offer of universities in GZM is very important for SOLIDARITY FUND APPROX. OVER First projects with co-financing of the the development of the Metropolis. The offer is intended to encourage stu- dents to study and connect their future with the Metropolis. It is also a good Metropolitan Science and Education sign for investors that they can count on qualified staff with great potential of professional development. The aim of the Metropolitan Science Support Support Fund Fund is to support universities. Owing to the subsidies obtained from the PLN 15 mil 42 PLN 13 mil fund, they can invite outstanding scientists from the best academic centres in the world.

NUMBER OF PROJECTS GRANTED VALUE OF GRANTS UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENTIST INVITED FUNDS IN 2020 AWARDED Four cities in GZM set up a company to

3 almost PLN 84,000 • University of California San Diego build apartments • Auckland University of Technology • University of Oxford

NUMBER OF PROJECTS TO BE VALUE OF GRANTS APPLIED HOME UNIVERSITIES/AWARDS IMPLEMENTED IN 2021 (AGREEMENTS OF GUESTS INVITED SIGNED+PROJECTS SUBMITTED)

8 almost PLN 680,000 • University of California San Diego • Harvard University Chorzów, Tarnowskie Góry, Świętochłowice and Zabrze, together with the • University of Cambridge National Real Estate Resource (KZN), intend to establish a company, Silesia • Pulitzer Prize Social Housing Initiative. Its task is to build comfortable apartments availa- ble to those people cannot afford a bank loan even though they work. New apartments will be built in each of these cities. In Chorzów, they are to be Source: own elaboration located on a plot of land belonging to the State Treasury, at Michałkowicka

Source: own elaboration based on “W Maciejkowicach street, on the border with Siemianowice Śląskie. The planned amount of NO. 1/2021 powstanie nowe osiedle”, Chorzów City Office. apartments in the housing estate is 1,200. ECONOMIC BULLETIN METROPOLIS OF GZM ECONOMIC BULLETIN OF METROPOLIS GZM 10 Metropolitan Office of MetropolisMetropolitan Office GZM ofDepartment Brand and Marketing Communication overSupervision production: e-mail: [email protected] Katowice 40-053 21A, Barbary ul. of MetropolisMetropolitan Office GZM Publisher: GZM. of Metropolis Office Metropolitan the of Development Economic Socio- of Department the by prepared was “In GZM. Metropolis bulletin Business”

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