Investing in Poland 2015

  This year marks the sixth edition of the annual Investing in Poland publication and the third competition for Investment of the Year The Investing in Poland 2015 project culminated with an event held at the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Besides the annual, which has been published for the sixth straight year, Warsaw Business Journal Group organized a launch conference with discussion panels and an awards ceremony. The first panel discussion concerned the current situation of the Polish bourse, which recently decided against merging with the Vienna-based CEESEG due to “economic calculation.” The panelists, Jacek Socha, partner at PwC consultancy and Waldemar Markiewicz, president of the Chamber of Brokerage Houses agreed that it was a good call and the transaction would be difficult for the Warsaw bourse due to technological and financial reasons. The second panel discussed the BPO/SSC sector with focus on the outsourcing of advanced processes, such as IT, R&D and fund management. The initiative marks the third time Warsaw Business Journal hand out the Investment of the Year award. Based on various factors, ranging from the amount invested, innovativeness, local impact, number of new jobs created and long-term effects on the Polish economy, the Warsaw Business Journal Group editorial team picked Bridgestone Europe and its expansion of its Polish factories in Poznań and Stargard Szczeciński, which created several hundred new workplaces, as the Investment of the year 2014. The honorable distinctions went to IKEA Industry for building the biggest and most modern sawmill in Poland and BASF for opening its catalyst plant in Środa Śląska. The project is organized by Warsaw Business Journal Group in cooperation with the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIiIZ), with a help of Industrail Partners: Pwc, Randstad, JLL, Atende and Sommerray&Furmaga.  

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