“The first task of the new Board is to efficiently carry out the process of transformation of PAIiIZ into the agency supporting and promoting exports and investments of Polish companies”, said Deputy Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. According to the Ministry of Development, the Polish Agency for Trade and Investment will start operating from 2017. It will combine existing incentives and support in export, investment and promotion. The new agency will also integrate activities of economic diplomacy. It also has to pursue a policy of promoting the Polish economy. The Agency's budget will grow to approx. PLN 100 million in 2017. The current budget of PAIiIZ is PLN 12 million.

More information: www.paiz.gov.pl/20160927/paiiiz_with_new_management_and_new_challenges

Experts have attempted to identify the strengths and weaknesses of Poland as a location for investments - both foreign and Polish. They also pointed to the fundamental issue of stability as a key factor in investment decision making. They jointly agree that political stability, and above all, legal continuity are the most important. “Changing legal regulations is extremely painful for investors who are in the process of investment, as well as for those who have just spent their budget for the investment”, argued economist Janusz Jankowiak. (PAIiIZ)

B. Pawlak: “Our aim is to provide the same, high-quality support and the best environment, no matter if it is Polish or foreign investor”

More information: www.paiz.gov.pl/20160926/property_forum_poland_on_the_investment_map

A German company Eurobox is the news investor in Lubliniec, and, at the same time, the biggest company in this subzone. Eurobox belongs to the Austrian Prinzhorn Holding, a European leader in the paper packaging and recycling industry,. Eurobox will invest more than PLN 187 million and create at least 100 new jobs. The new plant will produce corrugated board packaging. The Lubliniec subzone of Katowice SEZ has still 5 hectares of free land available for investors.

Browar Pinta (Pinta Brewery) is to invest in Radziechowice-Wieprz, in the Żywiec region, known for its brewing traditions. The project does not benefit from tax relief, as the alcohol production is excluded from public aid. The value of the first step of investment that is to be implemented until 2018, is PLN 11 million. The new brewery will hire 30 people and will be situated close to newly built plant of Żywiec Zdrój, producer of mineral water.

Industrial Area Lubliniec (photo KSEZ)

Erae Poland, a company with Korean capital from the automotive industry plans to produce car air-conditioning units in Gliwice. The investor declares expenditures of over PLN 45 million and creation of at least 40 new jobs.

Another new investment in Gliwice will be implement by the Polish construction company Ceramo that plans to invest over PLN 12.5 million and hire six employees. Ceramo specialises in the production of building materials - concrete, aggregates and mortar refractory.

Since the beginning of the year, Katowice Special Economic Zone acquired a total of 17 investment projects. The value of investment declared by the company will amount to more than PLN 1.3 billion dollars. All of those projects will lead to the creation of at least 1,160 new jobs in the zone. (SEZ)

“We are impressed by a big number of well qualified and experienced candidates that are interested in working with us. We also applicate a good cooperation with the Poznań City Hall”, said Kim Junge Andersen, deputy president and FCE of Rockwool Int. In the incoming months, Rockwool is planning to hire 100 new professionals in IT and business service sector.

In Poland, the company owns two factories in Cigacice and Małkinia as well as the trade office in Warsaw. (UM Poznań)

Achieving synergy between science, business, and local government is the main objective of the Forum. It is organized as an answer for the new financial plan of the European Union for 2014-2020. The plan is focused on innovation and the ways of transferring knowledge to the market resulting in Poland’s economic development. The challenges for Polish economy will be discussed during the industry panels. We would like to invite you to take part in numerous trainings and presentations that will be held during the event. The most interesting investments areas from all over the country will be presented and it will be culminated by presenting the Poland’s Smart Development award.

The Forum is an event addressed mainly to innovative entrepreneurs, university and institutes authorities, politics and members of local governments.

More information: http://irforum.pl

Poland has improved its economic competitiveness, climbing five notches to 36th place in the Global Competitiveness Report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Polish economy, as the Lithuanian (35 place), Latvian (49 place) and Slovakian (65th place) was qualified to the group of transition countries - between the group of states that are still competing with efficiency and those that are the most competitive through innovation. The Czech Republic and Estonia, being for years ahead of Poland in the ranking, are, as in the previous year, respectively on the 31st and 30th position. Both countries are already classified in the innovation-driven stage.

Poland’s biggest assets in terms of its competitiveness are the size of its market, level of higher education and training.

As the most problematic factor for doing business in Poland, respondents of survey pointed: tax regulations, restrictive labour regulations and “policy instability”, while the evaluation of infrastructure, macroeconomic environment, education and health care has improved.

Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017" presents the results of surveys conducted annually by the World Economic Forum. This year, around 14,000 companies from 138 countries of the world, including 214 form Poland participated in the survey. (NBP)

On 4 October, a seminar entitled "The modernization of machines and the CE mark" for engineers and employees will be held. 12 October, in Słupsk, the Pomeranian Energy Days 2016 starts. The event allows to exchange the experiences and knowledge in the field of local energy systems and new energy technologies.

Laboratory of Renewable Energy Sources at the Słupsk Technology Incubator invites to the consultations in technology. For those who want to improve their skills in computing, the specialised AutoCAD, CorelDRAW and MS Excel training are organised.

More information (in Polish): www.parr.slupsk.pl, www.sse.slupsk.pl, www.sit.slupsk.pl

Pomeranian Regional Development Agency (PARR) since 1994 initiates, promotes and supports activities aimed at regional development. The Agency manages the Słupsk Special Economic Zone and Słupsk Technology Incubator. (PARR)