New law supporting R&D bears its first fruit

Although the law will come to force in the autumn, the first companies interested in taking advantage of it are already appearing. On July 4 Gryfitlab, a newly established company, received the rights to operate in the Goleniowski Industrial Park which is a part of the Kostrzyńsko-Słubicka Special Economic Zone. "By the end of 2006 we will establish the first [in Poland] private research and development lab specializing in construction and assembly products. In the first phase of the project the investment will be worth EUR 1 million, and will employ 10 people. Depending on the lab's revenues, it will be possible to develop the project. We are planning to generate revenues of zł.550,000 in 2007, a year later zł.800,000 and zł.1.4 million in 2009. The optimistic version envisages an increase in employment to 20 people within three years of operations," reveals Roman Jędrzejewski, Gryfitlab supervisory board chairman. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 6) A.K.