Danone to exit Warsaw

Danone is planning to consolidate manufacturing in Poland, so it is going to leave its production plant in Warsaw and expand the plant in Bieruń (Upper Silesia), Puls Biznesu daily reported. "Owning one large factory instead of two smaller ones is more effective from an operational point of view. A consolidation of manufacturing means that we will expand our plant in Bieruń, which will bring some investments. We are planning to install five new production lines there," said Ewa Gayny, External Affairs & Communication Manager at Danone in Poland. The consolidation is to be completed in March next year, but the company has not revealed the value of investments in Silesia. It is also unknown how many employees from the Warsaw plant will be dismissed.