Bosch greatly expands its operations in Poland

The lion's share of the sum will be spent on a new diesel particulate filters plant in Mirków near Wrocław, a joint-venture with Denso of Japan. The total cost of the project is zł.560 million (approx. €164 million). The facility, which is due to start operations in 2009, will employ about 250 people. Recruitment for the plant already got underway last month. Bosch will also build an IT centre in Warsaw, one of three such units within the Bosch group responsible for the development, maintenance and technical support of SAP software platforms and CAD/CAM systems used across Bosch companies. Some 130 IT engineers will be employed at the centre, which will start operations in 2010. The company will also build a new, €13 million office in Warsaw, to be opened in 2010. Bosch's revenues from its Polish operations jumped by 11% in 2007, to €868 million (zł.2.9 billion). In Poland Bosch employs 1,600 people. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) R.M.