NGK Insulators to set up shop in Katowice Special Economic Zone

This year the Katowice Special Economic Zone (KSSE) hopes to attract investments worth zl. 500 million which will create around 1,500 jobs. "In 2003 we are planning to hold 10-12 tenders and offer future investors 60 hectares of land," said KSSE president Piotr Wojaczek. He added that in the first half of 2003, KSSE will have all the necessary permits, thanks to which investors will be able to launch their new businesses. NGK Insulators of Japan is one of the companies that hopes to start operating in the KSSE. One of its plans envisages the construction of an engine filter plant in Gliwice at the cost of $25 million. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) A.Z.