Kofola ponders opening a soft drinks plant in the Łódź SEZ

Kofola, a Czech non-alcoholic beverage producer, has launched two of its brands in Poland and is preparing for further investments. The company has not revealed its detailed plans, but it is known that it is considering opening a factory here. After a successful introduction of Kofola's fruit drinks Frupper and Jupik that are aimed at children and families, the company is anlayzing the benefits of setting up a factory in Kutno in the Łódź Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Representatives of both Kofola's and Kutno local government's are silent about their plans, but as Puls Biznesu unofficially leant, Kofola is to make their final decision during the next two weeks. The whole project is said to be worth tens of millions of złotys. Apart from their domestic market and Poland, Kofola now operates in Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia and the U.S., with an annual turnover of over zł.200 million. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) D.W.