Mabuchi to invest in Kraków plant

The Japanese company Mabuchi announced on Friday that it will build a new factory in the Bocheńska Economic Zone outside of Kraków. The PLN 360-million plant will produce automotive components and employ 400 people, said a report in Forsal. Production of motor vehicle engines is expected to begin in early 2019, according to Krystyna Sadowska, a spokesperson for the Economic Zone. The report also stated that 16 million engines will be produced per year. After consultations took place for much of this year, a decision to locate the factory in the area was made because of its close proximity to the A4 motorway, Sadowska mentioned. The investment will be the largest in Poland by a Japanese firm in nine years.