A Korean connection in the KSEZ

Korea Fuel-Tech Poland, a recently established subsidiary of Korea Fuel-Tech Corporation Inc, has won a tender for a 3.6-ha plot in Dąbrowa Górnicza and will be the first Korean company to invest in the Katowice Special Economic Zone (KSEZ).

To begin with, the company is planning to launch a factory producing plastic components for the motor industry, mainly for Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Czech and Kia Motors Slovakia. The firm later plans to expand its offer and start the production of plastic components for electronics and white-goods products.

The planned investment is estimated at over zł.55 million and will provide at least 200 jobs, mostly for qualified machinery operators, technicians and production support staff. In addition, it is hoped that there will be more openings within sub-contractors affiliated with Korea Fuel-Tech.

"This is a major investment in the Dàbrowa Górnicza sub-zone of the [KSEZ] and one of the largest in terms of the investment that the Katowice zone has received this year," said Bartłomiej Leszczyński of the office of the KSEZ.

Korea Fuel-Tech is just one of four investors that have recently been granted permission to work in the zone. The other three are Kronospan, Malta-Decor and Mussett Aerospace Limited. The total investment coming from all four firms amounts to nearly zł.500 million and will provide over 600 work places.

KSEZ was established 10 years ago and is the largest of the 14 zones in the country, covering 1,200 ha.

Anna Kapica-Harward