BAT completes PLN 450 mln investment in Augustów, hires 500 people

British American Tobacco opened its new production plant in Augustów, northeastern Poland, which employs 500 new employees raising employment to a total of 1,300 people. The investment cost PLN 450 million. The four new production facilities of a total area of 8,000 sqm house 15 new production lines. Upon the completion of the investment, the plant’s production capacity increased by 30 percent to a total of 50 billion cigarettes a year.