Poland is the favored location for the new MAN factory

"The issue is still open, despite the fact that president Hakan Samuelsson prefers the factory to be located in Poland," said MAN's spokesman Michael Melzer. The company claims that other shortlisted countries include Slovakia and Hungary, while Rumania is no longer taken into account. In Poland, the German company is considering either Wrocław or Starachowice as possible sites, while for Slovakia – Koszyce and in Hungary – Miszkolc. The new facility would become operational either in 2006 or 2007 and it would produce some 10,000-15,000 trucks. The estimated cost of the investment is in the region of EUR 30 million. (Puls Biznesu, p. 14) M.M.