POLSKA POLAND POLSKA POLAND POLSKA POLAND POLSKA POLAND POLSKA POLAND POLSKA POLAND POLSKA POLAND NEWSLETTER November 3rd, 2011 issue 251 NEWS PAIiIZ STARTS NEGOTIATIONS from the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong PAIiIZ organised the meeting to present the Korean and the Chinese province of Guangdong. The event delegation the investment potential of Poland and WITH NEW INVESTORS attracted some 1000 representatives of Polish business cooperation opportunities awaiting foreign investors in The last two weeks saw the Agency close 3 projects who are interested in investing in China. the IT sector in Poland especially possibilities connected and start talks with 4 new investors A meeting of such a scale and prestige which does help with the broadband development strategies in Eastern October 28th, 2011: the Polish Information and businesspersons establish new contacts and exchange Poland. Details of the opportunities were presented by Foreign Investment Agency supports the development ideas concerning common initiatives was for the first representatives of the Management Boards of the of 161 investment projects jointly worth EUR 6.85 time ever held in Poland. The Polish Information and regions of Świętokrzyskie, Warmia and Mazury, Podlasie billion which may generate 47 859 jobs. Foreign Investment Agency w co-organised the event and Lublin. Three projects in which the negotiation processes were was represented by the Agency's President Mr Sławomir - Poland and South Korea are similar in a number of successfully finished over the last two weeks are jointly Majman. aspects. Over the last 30 years we have made an worth EUR 2.7 million and will create 150 new jobs. All Polish Prime Minister and Minster of Economy Mr extraordinary progress - said Choi, Hee Jeong, Director the investors come from the USA and are active either Waldemar Pawlak who also attended the event claims at the Intergen Group. - Today in Korea we see in the R&D or the ICT sector. that for the Chinese businessmen Poland is the best technologies and IT as major drivers of our economy - he There are no changes in the list of investors interested gateway to the European Union. added. in Poland if we analyse the list by the country of origin - Poland is our important business partner and a - 30% of all Korean investment projects located in the of investing company still American companies top continuously growing market. The country's good CEE region are developed in Poland - emphasised Marek the ranking (PAIiIZ now has 40 projects in the pipeline economic condition found reflection in that Poland was Łyżwa, Deputy President of PAIiIZ - and the value of worth EUR 1.1 billion and potential 9,935 jobs). From the only country which had a positive GDP growth accumulated Korean investments in Poland reached EUR among projects currently negotiated by PAIiIZ 17 come during the times of crisis - said Huang Huahua the 1.4 billion. from the UK (worth EUR 378 million and potential Governor of the Guangdong Province during the At the moment the Polish Information and Foreign 6,252 jobs), 15 from Germany (EUR 489 million and conference. - We try to encourage Polish companies to Investment Agency supports the development of 11 4,522 jobs) and 11 from each of the Asian countries - enter our market and to start their business in Hong investment projects from South Korea which are jointly South Korea, China and Japan. Kong which may be the starting point for their expansion worth EUR 248 million and may generate 1,400 jobs. The most popular sector is still the automotive sector to the market of continental China. I am deeply (PAIiIZ) (32 projects, EUR 2323 million and 15,242 jobs), the convinced that the conference will result in numerous BPO (29 projects, EUR 33 million and 9,372 jobs), the Polish-Chinese projects - said Stephen Lam, Secretary MISSION: AMERICA machine sector (11 projects, EUR 658 million and General for Administration of the Special Administra- The Polish Information and Foreign Investment 2,946 jobs) the electronic industry (9 projects) and ICT tive Region of Hong Kong. During the conference the Agency organised a trade mission to the United (7). Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency and States. Thanks to the mission presidents of Polish This year the Polish Information and Foreign the Department for Foreign Trade and International cities and towns, heads of the Voivodeship Executive Investment Agency held talks and successfully finished Cooperation of the Guangdong Province signed a Boards and presidents of Polish special economic negotiations with 48 investors who decided to invest in cooperation agreement. Poland a total of EUR 1067 million. Projects zones had an opportunity to present the investment This was the 10th business conference organised by the potential of their regions implemented by the companies will create 9,306 jobs. Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong and the The mission included meetings with representatives of The latest data published by the National Bank of administration of the Province of Guangdong. In American companies, trade institutions and science and Poland(NBP) shows that FDI inflow to Poland in 2010 previous years similar conferences were held in New technology parks. Members of the mission visited, reached EUR 6.7 billion. (PAIiIZ) Delhi, Sydney, Madrid, Paris, San Francisco, Vancouver, among others, a station of hydrogen-powered buses, London, Tokyo and Seoul. The fact that this year it was the Office of Film, Television and Digital Media, Aero Warsaw that hosted the meeting has a lot to do with the Tech School, met the authorities of the state of growing volume of trade transactions between Poland Connecticut, the Connecticut State University and the and Guangdong - last year USD 2.3 billion. The trade U.S Commercial Services. volume between Hong Kong and Poland places the On October 19th, 2011 the delegation took part in a country among Hong Kong's strategic partners. (PAIiIZ) meeting "Poland: Business Partner in Central Europe” in New York. The meeting was organised by the Trade and Investment Promotion Section of the Polish Consulate General in New York and the European-American Chamber of Commerce. On October 21st, 2011 the delegation had the chance to attend a seminar “Poland Trade Day” in New Britain which included “one-to-one” sessions. On October 24th, 2011 the mission participants took part in a conference devoted to the © pressmaster-Fotolia.com prospects of cooperation between Poland and the state Georgia in the times of Polish UE presidency. In order to THE BIGGEST POLISH-CHINESE form a concrete framework for the future cooperation, dialogue and intensified trade contacts representatives CONFERENCE TOOK PLACE IN of the State and PAIiIZ signed a cooperation agreement. WARSAW The mission was held from October 18th to October “Hong Kong Guangdong Business Conference in President of PAIiIZ Sławomir Majman chaired the opening 29th, 2011 and included representatives of the Warsaw 2011” - one of the biggest economic session of the conference authorities of the city of Częstochowa, Łódź. the region conferences organised in the CEE region took place of Kujawy and Pomorze, Śłąsk and the Mielec and Łódż on October 27th, 2011 in Poland. The Polish KOREAN IT COMPANIES IN PAIiIZ SEZs. The idea behind the mission was to attract new Information and Foreign Investment Agency co- The companies visited PAIiIZ on October 28th, 2011 investor to Poland, promotion of the country among organised the event and held a meeting with representatives of the members of the American business environment as well The meeting in Warsaw was attended by over 600 Agency and the Management Boards of eastern as establishment of new business contacts. (PAIiIZ) representatives of business and government circles regions of the country INVESTMENTS IN POLAND MANDO STARTS CONSTRUCTING a supplier of GM, Ford and DaimlerChrisler. furniture and playground equipment. In the Mielec SEZ The project was supported by the Polish Information the company will manufacture large-size waste A FACILITY IN POLAND and Foreign Investment Agency. (PAIiIZ) containers. The company will invest at least 30 people The foundation laying Cremony took place on and will invest PLN 18.9 million. November 3rd, 2011 in Wąłbrzych NEW INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN Concrete Leżajsk will construct a facility producing The facility, which is situated within the Wałbrzych concrete and prefabricated elements within the Leżajsk Special Economic Zone, will manufacture, among THE MIELEC SEZ subzone. The company will invest over PLN 2.7 million other things, brake systems, steering columns, traction Contenur Polska and Concrete Leżajsk will invest in and will hire at least 14 people. control systems and shock-absorbers. By the end of the Mielec Special Economic Zone EURO-PARK Since the beginning of 2011 the Mielec SEZ issued 15 2015 the company plans to invest PLN 390 million and MIELEC over PLN 21 million and will hire at least 44 business activity permissions which will make it possible will create 280 jobs. people to implement projects worth PLN 151 million and will The company has been hiring over 3.5 thousand Contenur Polska headquartered in Mielec was created create 341 new jobs. (the Industrial Development people. Outside Korea the concern has factories in by Contenur SL, producer of waste containers, garden Agency) China, Malaysia, Turkey, India and the USA. Mando is Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency www.paiz.gov.pl POLSKA POLAND POLSKA POLAND POLSKA POLAND POLSKA POLAND POLSKA POLAND POLSKA POLAND POLSKA POLAND TWO BUSINESS ACTIVITY towards small and medium-sized companies was both in stationary industrial and in mobile hydraulics. established on April 14th, 2009. Due to the latest change The company will invest over PLN 4.6 million and will PERMISSIONS IN ZATOR of borders the subzone's area rose from 4.9 ha to 28.5 increase the current level of employment by at least 5 The Zator subzone in the Kraków Technology Park ha.