Foreign firms consider investing $3 billion - and creating 30,000 new jobs

According to estimates by the Rzeczpospolia daily, large and medium-sized foreign companies have pledged or completed $2.4 billion in investments in the first half of this year, indicating that Poland may be recovering its position as one of the most attractive investment destinations in the region. The two largest deals, worth around $240 million each, are the logistics center which will be built near Piotrków Trybunalski by the Polish-British company Poland Central and a packaging processing facility to be built near Poznań by international packaging producer Intercell. White goods manufacturer Whirlpool is third with a $158 million plant to be put up in Wrocław. Smaller investments include a planned kebab-meat factory in Szczecin by Remzi Kaplan, the largest supplier to Berlin kebab bars. The Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency is currently holding talks with around 80 investors, on new deals worth a total of $3 billion which would create 30,000 new jobs. (Rzeczpospolita, p.B1) T.J.