Pentair enters the zone

American Pentair, a major producer and distributor of technologies and electronics related to water treatment, storage and movement, will invest zł.49.4 million to build a new factory in the Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone, near the city of Dzierżoniów.

The company has already bought a 9.2 ha plot and acquired a business permit from local authorities. It wants to have the new facility fully operational by the end of June.

In the new factory, Pentair Poland will produce, assemble and distribute appliances for water pumping and filtering, as well as manufacture various metal and plastic components for electric, telecom and IT products. The factory will hire 122 people between 2006 and 2008.

"We were looking at different areas in Lower Silesia," Wolfgang Walderich, Dzierżo-niów's project manager at Pentair Technical Products and the future factory's director, says. "We needed a place where a Special Economic Zone was established and Dzierżoniów officials presented the best offer in terms of timing and aid with formal issues."

Pentair, whose 2005 revenues reached $2.95 (zł.9.65) billion, employs approximately 15,000 people worldwide. The company has over 50 facilities all over the globe, especially focusing on North America, Europe and Asia.