Łódź SEZ attracts zł.1.7 billion in investments

According to the management of the Łódź Special Economic Zone, several major companies will soon be investing a combined zł.1.7 billion in the zone, creating 2,300 new jobs. Yesterday, the ŁSEE green lighted the first investment, a zł.16 million project by the listed press distribution agent Ruch, which will create 40 new jobs at a new logistics and warehousing facility in Łódź. This is just a foretaste of a whole raft of much bigger projects planned in the zone. Euroglas, the German manufacturer of glass packages, picked Niewiadów as the location for its new glass plant. When completed the zł.754 million (EUR 200 million) plant will service Central and Eastern Europe and create 300 new jobs. The listed IT and telecoms services group, ATM, will also invest zł.380 million in a BPO centre in the zone that will employ 250 people, while the furniture producer Correct plans to invest zł.197.12 million in a new plant in Skalmierzyce that will employ 129 workers. Other approved projects include: Danfoss (an industrial automation plant, zł.80 million, 250 jobs); Logistics Service (logistics centre, zł.84.7 million, 251 jobs), Filami (clothing, zł.52.3 million, 200 jobs), PPHU Jacek Sukiennik (building materials, zł.42.3 million, 150 jobs). (Puls Biznesu, p. 8) R.M.