Ceramics Polska to construct new $125 million plant in Gliwice

Today, Ceramics Polska, partly Japanese-owned, will begin the construction of its new plant in Gliwice, which will mainly produce filters for diesel engine catalytic converters. The estimated cost of the investment stands at $25 million and the main buyers for the products will be major European automotive concerns. "The factory will employ at least 120 people and operations will hopefully commence sometime in January 2005," revealed Piotr Wojaczek, president of the special economic zone where the plant is going to be located. According to company representatives, the new factory will be the first and only plant located outside Japan that will make use of some of the most modern diesel particulate filter technology. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) M.M.