Toyota to open engine factory in Walbrzych SEZ

According to unofficial information reported by Rzeczpospolita, Japanese car manufacturer Toyota, will build an factory to produce car engines in Jelcz-Laskowice near Wroclaw. The investment, worth around euro200 million will be centered on a 30 hectare site in the Walbrzych Special Economic Zone and will create around 350 jobs. Bogdan Szczesniak, the Mayor of Jelcz-Laskowice, did not want to comment on the rumors. Over the past months two other auto related plants were built in the region, one by the international consortium of Autoliv Poland, which manufactures seat belts and the other by Ronal, which specializes in making aluminum wheels. Southern Silesia seems to be becoming the automotive heart of Poland. Toyota's investments follows two Volvo plants in Wroclaw, producing buses and excavators and a plant owned by WABCO which produces brake systems. These are located closeby two factories owned by Bosch and Volkswagen. (Rzeczpopolita, p. B2) A.K.