Dell finally commits to Polish investment

"We will invest EUR 200 million, and our contractors will add another EUR 53 million," announced Dell's deputy president for the EMEA region, Sean Cockery. The plant will launch production in October next year. "We will be producing laptops, computers and servers like the ones we produce at our plant in Limerick, Ireland, but aimed at a different market. The products from Lódz will be exported to Scandinavia, Germany, Central and Eastern Europe," added Cockery. The plant in Lódz will initially employ 1,000 people. The facility is to reach its full capacity in 2011, when it is to employ 3,000 workers. State subsidies will total around EUR 54.5 million.Prime Minister Kaczynski, who was present at the letter's signing, announced that this was not the end of potential large investment projects, as several agreements might yet be signed this year if negotiations currently ongoing with over 10 companies are successful. (Puls Biznesu, pp.1, 9) A.K.