JCI unveils plans for new biotech facility in Kraków

The company wants to spend zł.50 million on the construction of laboratories in the Krakowska Special Economic Zone, which would attract sector companies from the US and Asia. "As a result we hope to implement new bio-products into production," said Paweł Błachno, JCI president. The project was divided into two stages, the first of which will start in a few weeks. The complex will consist of research laboratories with the total surface space of 5,000 sqm. Its main clients will be large concerns from the biotechnology sector. JCI will also offer services of its scientific staff. "We want to compete with such countries as India and China, which are the usual choice of American firms," said Błachno. The opening of the facility has been scheduled for 2008. JCI is already in negotiations with potential clients. It is possible that in the future an investor from the biomedical sector will join the company . (Puls Biznesu, p. 3)