Słupsk SEZ: New investment of PLN 24m

In the first half of the year four companies - MM Timber Windows, Viking Windows, Invena Log Logistical Centre and Akant - were granted permissions to operate in the Słupsk Special Economic Zone (SSEZ), Polish Press Agency reported. The enterprises, all of which are based on Polish-owned capital, declared aggregate estimated investment of PLN 24m with creation and maintenance of 110 workplaces. A notable drop from the corresponding period of 2014  is palpable, when 20 permissions in the SSEZ were granted, and companies estimated total investment of PLN 766m and creation and maintenance of 1,200 workplaces. According to Mirosław Kamiński, the CEO of the SSEZ managing body - Pomeranian Regional Development Agency - the plunge in the number of granted permissions in 2015 "may be a result of regulations changes concerning the scale of public aid". Słupsk Special Economic Zone is located in the Middle Pomerania on the north of Poland. 79 firms possess active permissions to operate on the area of approximately 900 ha. The value of realised projects in the SSEZ amounts to PLN 1.4bn. Currently nearly 4,000 people are employed.