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NEWSLETTER
August 19th, 2016, Issue 498 | |||||
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NEWS 38 investments got the green light in Poland
In the middle of August, PAIiIZ has successfully completed two next investments. It means, that year to date, 38 projects, summing up to over €404 m, were given green light in Poland. It’s a job opportunity for more than 7,600 employees.
Currently, Agency works on the procedures related to 177 investment projects with the total amount of €3,8 bn. 46,600 new jobs can be created to Poland due to that. As previously, in terms of investments currently supported by PAIiIZ, American companies dominate, with the plan of performing 49 investments with the total value of €634,6 m. Americans have declared to create over 11,000 new job in Poland, if they succeed with all the planned projects. When it comes to overall value of investments, Germany takes the lead.
Companies located westbound from Poland plan to invest an impressive amount of over a billion euro. Germany is also the second, right after America, country planning the biggest recruitment process. More information: www.paiz.gov.pl/20160817/38_investments_got_green_light_in_Poland Sitech opens the new plant in Września
Owned by Volkswagen, German Sitech on 18 August has opened the production plan in Września. The investor will produce complete seats for the new Crafter, which will be produced in VW plant in Września. Both projects were supported by PAIiIZ and VW investment itself has been one of the biggest in the Agency’s portfolio.
Sitech production centre in Września is the first Polish plant of this German company, where the complete car seats are to be produced. The factory was built especially for the needs of VW Crafter production. Sitech seats will be provided to VW in Września according to „Just in Sequence” system. It means delivering in an exact time, directly to the production line.
Poland is becoming increasingly important as a partner for this producer. „Developing our competence in Poland has a strategic meaning for our future”, said Sitech chairman Thomas Hegel Gunther, during the plant opening. „Września offers us the perfect infrastructural and labour conditions”, added Sitech’s CTO and the Polish plant director, Adam Holewa. As Holewa assured, the new factory in Wrzesnia will provide at least 80 job positions. Sitech VW Crafter seats production will begin this fall. (Sitech / PAIiIZ) „Grand Innovation” minor act
Act of minor innovation is the Ministry of Education recipe for low innovation of Polish economy and a way to to leave the middle growth trap. A set of tax and formal simplification instruments prepared by the Ministry has just been approved by the Council of Ministers.
One of the Ministry of Education priorities is innovation growth, in other words creating consistent system of options encouraging to perform innovative actions. To encourage scientists to commercialize their research results, an act drops the income tax from intellectual contribution brought to the company.
Small and middle-size companies will be able to deduct the costs of acquiring patents off the tax. Apart from this, entrepreneuts will be allowed to deduct the B+R activity costs for six years instead of three. More information: www.nauka.gov.pl/aktualnosci-ministerstwo/rzad-przyjal-ustawe-o-innowacyjnosci.html Polish innovators conquer foreign markets
Laser technology identifying bacteria or the digital device for monitoring heart of an unborn baby are the products of Polish entrepreneurs, who were among the 32 winners of the theGO_GLOBAL.PL competition arranged by the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR). As the award, innovators will receive a total of PLN 5m grant for foreign expansion of their inventions.
Each winner receives up to PLN 150,000 to prepare a strategy to enter the global markets and to tailor their products to the specific requirements of a particular region and potential investors or business partners. The GO_GLOBAL.PL programme gathers companies that achieved significant market success, including Audioteka, Sotrender, Social WiFi or VoiceLab. (NCBiR) Więcej informacji: www.ncbr.gov.pl/aktualnosci/art,4442,innowacyjne-firmy-z-polski-podbija-zagraniczne-rynki.html INVESTMENTS IN POLAND Investments in the Słupsk SEZ
In the first half of 2016, Słupsk Special Economic Zone issued 6 business for investors that are planning to invest PLN 63.62m and create 73 new jobs in the zone.
Permits were given to: AMG (producer of containers and steel structures), Grupa Sportex that will build a galvanizing plant as well as to AJ Food that will create a warehouse for food storing. Fabryka Flag Factory Linea will expand its investments in the zone, Laminopol will build a production and warehounse plant with R & D centre. Similar plans have BranQ, while JAS-FBG will build a warehouse and office building. Słupsk Special Economic Zone covers the 910 hectares of investment located in two provinces: Pomerania and Zachoniopomorskie. 60 companies have already invested PLN 1.6bn and created 5,900 new jobs in the zone. (SSEZ) Next projects of Mielec SEZ
Industrial Development Agency (ARR) issued four next permits to investors. In total, in 2016, 23 new investments entered the zone.
Among companies that will provide business activity in the zone there are: Bispol, that will invest PLN 10m and increase employment by at least 25 people. On the other hand, Pure Energy Systems is planning to launch the production of photovoltaic modules in the zone. The project is estimated at PLN 41m. The company also declared the will to employ 49 people. The third investor is Press-Media that plans to launch the production of devices for medical and aviation sectors. Also XERIMA Jan Szwakop will invest in Mielec SEZ by building a production and warehouse hall with office space and creating infrastructure around the object. (ARP) The largest distribution center in the Łódź SEZ
Poland's largest distribution center for drugs has been just opened in Łódź SSE. It is operated by PGF Urtica Sp. z o. o. (part of Pelion SA). The total value of investment reached PLN 30m. 250 people will be hired there.
With this investment, the company will be able to deliver drugs to any place in the country during a day and just in six hours from in case of urgent deliveries.
Within a month, the fulfillment centre will be able to service 10,000 parcels and about 5,000 pallets. (Łódź SEZ) EVENTS The second Asia Trade Know-How will be held on 22nd - 24th of September 2016 at the Expo Mazury Trade Fair and Conference Centre in Ostróda, in Poland
 Among the participants of the show there are: producers and manufacturers, importers and exporters and trade agents from Asian markets. Asia Trade will be also attended by representatives of embassies and chambers of commerce from India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Afghanistan, Iran and the Philippines. More information: http://www.asia-trade.pl/ 3rd SMEs Congress of The Visegrad Group countries
On 21 at 9:00 in Liptowski Mikulas (Slovakia) 3rd SMEs Congress of The Visegrad Group countries will be arranged.
The Congress is addressed to SMEs sector form Poland, Slovakia, The Czech Republic and Hungary that are interested in export via road and sea transport to Europe and overseas. The meeting will be divided to panel discussion, also a business mixer will be arrange there. The access to the meeting is free of charge, after registration by zahrza@za.scci.sk or online: http://za.scci.sk/online/ More information: Róbert Vydra, T: +421-41-7235 102, M: +421-949 727 801, zahrza@za.scci.sk DID YOU KNOW...? German language, programmers and soft skills are the hottest trends in the BSS labor market this season in Poland
The business services sector (BSS) is now one of the fastest growing area of the Polish economy. It employs almost 200,000 employees.
According to the Pro Progressio Foundation, that made a survey of the needs of companies that provide BSS activity in Poland, the market still struggling with the lack professionals with exact skills. First of all there is a deficit of personnel with fluent German. Moreover, according to experts declarative knowledge of this language in Poland is much higher than the actual language skills of Polish employees. It is worth to stress - the expert argue - it is the fluency that impacts on the placement of German business in the country. Interestingly, 62% of companies surveyed by ProProgression admitted that the skills declared by potential employees CV sometimes do not coincide with reality.
The market also reports the demand for programmers. In 2015, Poland reported a gap of about 30,000 IT industry employees. This is not only Polish specific. According to the European Commission, by 2020 the whole EU will need one million IT professionals. Especially software developers and big data experts are the most wanted by head hunters. The BSS market also reports a growing demand for a combination of the two biggest trends in recruitment: foreign language, in particular the German as well as programming skills education. Also soft skills as “openness’ and “communication skills”, “teamwork”, “creativity”, “good organization” are "definitely" (81%) important when recruiting new employees. (ProProgressio) 
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