Electrolux to expand Siewierz factory and exports

The world largest household appliances producer Sweden-based Electrolux Home Products (EHP), intends to spend around euro 50 million on expanding its subsidiary assembly plant Electrolux Production Poland (EPP) in Siewierz. "We have our own plan of how to increase production in Poland. We are in the process of negotiating the acquisition of land as part of the real estate has an ambiguous legal status. I hope that next year we will manage to launch the construction of a new production hall," EHP deputy president Ulrich Gartner said. Products from the expanded plant will be mainly destine for export markets. "The Siewierz factory will be part an international network of plants". Gartner hopes that the government will support the investment. "Electrolux has been monitoring the Polish market for several years. Currently we employ 250, after expansion this will increase to 800," said director of EPP in Siewierz Zbigniew Sporna. Several foreign companies have already invested in the construction of household appliances factories in Poland. They are Siemens-Bosh, Merloni, Whirlpool and Fagor. (Puls Biznesu, p. 4) A.Z.