LG to produce more washing machines in Poland?

Global household appliances and electronics giant LG wants to increase its washing machine production capacity in Poland, Puls Biznesu reports. The company will build a new production unit at its existing facility in Kobierzyce near Wrocław. The only official information available is that Mirbud will do construction work on the site, for PLN 31.48 million, which may result in an industrial area of some 10,000-15,000 sqm. According to information obtained by the daily, the new unit will be used to manufacture washing machines. LG produced some 300,000 of them in Poland in 2013. Next year the volume is expected to reach 500,000 and in 2015, after the new facility is completed, it may grow to 1 million.