Ice cream maker Zielona Budka opens plant in Mielec

Ice cream maker Zielona Budka has just opened a new factory in Mielec Special Economic Zone (SSE). According to AC Nielsen, Zielona Budka has a 10% share in the ice cream market with sales reaching zl. 88 million in 1999. The new factory will help increase sales this year by 27%. Zielona Budka employs 200 people and may hire an additional 200. Investments in Mielec SSE have made positive changes to the area decreasing unemployment and changing the pattern of imported products from finished goods to raw materials. "Polish, American and German role models are getting very popular. The town could not find any better possibility to develop itself," said Mielec president Janusz Chodorowski. (Puls Biznesu, page 23) M.M.