BMW scours land for suitable site to sink new plant

BMW, the German luxury car producer, is looking for a site to build a factory in this country and has entered into preliminary talks with several local authorities. Erich Papke, BMW Polska's president, believes that the most favorable location for the new factory would be in southern Poland. Puls Biznesu speculates that BMW may well consider setting up shop in Kobierzyce near Wrocław, taking over land that had earlier been prepared for Hyundai, before the Korean firm plumped for Slovakia. This is not the first time BMW has considered building a factory in this country, although three years ago when they last pondered such a move they eventually opted for Leipzig. Now the firm is reappraising Central Europe as an investment opportunity, prompted by high economic growth here and easy access to a highly developed network of component suppliers. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 2, 4) D.W.