Gestamp Automocion zł. 200 million plant to service VW

Gestamp Automocion, a Spanish company, has received permission from the Interior Ministry to go ahead with the construction of a sheet-metal forming plant for the car industry in Wrzesnia near Poznań. The company has purchased 16 hectares of land and has already began construction work at the site. The production hall is being built by Poznan-based construction company, Kondix. "We sold the land for a symbolic price of just one złoty to attract the investor," said Zygmunt Wojtaszek from the local government. Such declarations do not come as a surprise taking into account the level of unemployment which has reached 20.7% in the area. Gestamp has promised to employ 200 local workers, and estimates its investment will reach zł. 200 million. The most important influence on the decision came not from the social aspect, but rather Volkswagen's decision to expand its plant in Poznan. VW is one of the most significant customers of Gestamp. (Puls Biznesu, p. 10) A.K.