Amazon to open fourth logistics center in Poland

Amazon will build a new logistics center in Kołbaskowo (Western Pomerania), the American online retail giant announced on Thursday. This will be Amazon's fourth center in Poland and will employ 1,000 people. Completion of the investment is planned for August 2017. Its value is estimated at over PLN 410 million. The new logistics center will have an area of 67,000 sqm. The target level of employment is to be achieved within three years of the opening of the facility. Currently, Amazon has three logistics centers in Poland: one in Sady near Poznań (Wielkopolskie) and two in Bielany Wrocławskie (Lower Silesia). They began operations in 2014.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Development Mateusz Morawiecki, quoted in a press release by the firm, expressed his belief that the company's new investment in Poland will benefit “both the Polish consumer and Polish small and medium enterprises, by increasing their chances of entering global markets, thanks to cooperation with Amazon.”