Gillette's new EUR 120 million factory opens

The factory which is the largest producer of shaving razors in the world, currently employs 650 persons. "At the end of the year we will employ 2,000 along with the packaging company Sonoco and logistics company DHL Excel," declared the manager of the factory Konrad Stanczyk. The Gillette production center, built for EUR 120 million which was taken over in 2005 by Procter & Gamble will ultimately produce 1.5 billion blades, razors and other elements a year. The center consists of three buildings: production hall, packaging center and a distribution center. The packaging center is currently managed by Gillette partner Sonoco which employs 1,200 people. The center in Lódz is the second Procter & Gamble production plant in Poland after the pampers factory in Warsaw. This factory is also to be included in the Lódz SEZ. "We will invest at least EUR 40 million in the production of pampers," declared Alex Tosolini, the P&G director for the northern countries of Central Europe. The company declared it would create at least 200 new jobs. (Puls Biznesu, p. 9) E.B.