Fiat, General Motors to launch production of diesel engines in Bielsko-Biala

By 2002 Fiat and General Motors will launch the production of diesel engines in Bielsko-Biala. They are expected to produce 500,000 engines per year. Fiat invests $100 million in Poland every year and according to Fiat Polska president Enrico Pavoni this year the amount of investments should be at the same level despite a slowdown of the automobile market. He also stated that, "It is possible that some other company, not necessarily financially connected with Fiat will start producing spare parts in Poland." Simultaneously, New Holland, a Fiat affiliate, is planning to start producing a new kind of harvester. The company has signed new contracts concerning the export of harvesters to Ukraine and Belarus recently. (Puls Biznesu, page 3)