Electrolux Group to move dryer factory to Silesia?

Household appliances producer the Electrolux Group is considering moving the production of its tumble dryers from Italy and Germany to Poland. A new plant to be built in Siewierz in Silesia, at the cost of euro 40 million, would in 2006, be able to produce up to a million tumble dryers per year and employ 500. The Electrolux Group already has a tumble dryer assembly plant in Siewierz constructing 200,000 dryers a year with 50 workers. Company representatives have approached the Silesian voivode with a request to help the realize the investment. "Its success depends on solving the issue of land ownership on which the plant is to be built," said the head of the Siewierz plant, Zbigniew Sporna. He added that the enterprise is also considering other locations for the plant but the proximity of an airport in Pyrzowice, as well as the main road, are the main attractions of the l ocation in Silesia. (Gazeta Wyborcza, July 13-14, p. 23) A.Z.