Mielec economic zone helps to alleviate unemployment crisis in the region

By the fifth anniversary of the creation of Mielec Special Economic Zone (SSE) celebrated this year 5,000 new jobs have been created alongside 20 new factories. The target number of jobs in the zone is 7,000. The Mielec municipal authorities and Euro-Park Mielec have achieved a greater success than most of the other SSE's. The region was besieged by rampant unemployment following the lay off of 15,000 from a total of 22,000 who where in the aviation industry. The industry collapsed following the diminishing exports to the East. In terms of investment, Mielec SSE is third with a total $188.3 million, just bellow the Katowice and Legnice zones which have attracted $864.4 million and $230.3 million respectively. (Rzeczpospolita, page B2)