Avon expands production capacity

Avon Operations Polska has spent zl. 249.3 million on expansion of its cosmetics plant in Garwolin, near Warsaw. The investment was financed by the American concern Avon, which owns the Polish producer outright. "The two-year expansion has been conducted in three stages and makes the Garwolin facility the most modern cosmetics plant and distribution center in Europe, employing 2,000 people," Kinga Karaszewska from PR Avon Cosmetics Polska told Prawo i Gospodarka. The production of cosmetics at the Garwolin plant is on the increase. In 1997 it produced 7 million units increasing to 43 million in 1999. This year the company intends to manufacture 226 million units. "The production of our cosmetics is based on the formulae of Avon laboratories in Suffern, USA." added Karaszewska. Avon Operations Polska is one of 17 plants owned by the American concern. Approximately 60% of its production is exported. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 6) A.Z.