On the double in Katowice
Steel company Ugine & Alz has agreed to invest EUR 9.4 (zł.36) million in KSEZ, and lubricant producer Smart Plus has committed to a zł.3 million investment. Last year, the zone also attracted a EUR 35 (zł.134) million investment from metal parts and components producer American Johnson Controls.
"Surpassing 2005's record high investment value in our zone will be quite hard, but we have ambitious plans to at least achieve equal results," said Piotr Wojaczek, KSEZ's CEO. "We want to have approximately 25 new investment projects, worth EUR 200-250 [zł.765-956] million and delivering 3,000 new jobs. We are already involved in negotiations with eight companies, four of them being interested in rather big projects worth EUR 40-50 [zł.152-190] million."
Ugine & Alz, which deals mainly with steel processing and production for the white goods and automotive sectors, bought nearly five hectares in the zone. Its new facility, which will be for cutting steel sheets, will provide 85 jobs in Siemianowice lšskie.
Smart Plus, a Polish oil and grease producer, will hire 14 new employees, and its new facility will be built on the Warszowice field, in the Jastrzębsko-Żorska sub-zone.
