Bosch to announce new diesel engine factory for Wrocław?

German concern Bosch should announce in May that it will construct a Diesel engine plant in Wrocław, to be sited next to its existing factory producing break systems, in Mirków. The pretext for announcing the decision will be May 12. "We scheduled this date for the official opening of our plant in Mirków, which has been fully operational since October 2002," said Agata Janicka, spokeswoman for the Polish branch of Bosch. Among those invited to Mirków are Economy and Labor Minister Jerzy Hausner, Company President Robert Bosch and Mayor of Wrocław Rafał Dutkiewicz. A source close to the negotiations said that about 30% of Bosch's total production of Diesel engine components would be manufactured in Poland and the estimated value of the project amounted to several hundred million Euro. The plant is likely to launch production at the end of 2007. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 5) M.M.