Lower Silesian Technology Park T-Park

Location: Szczawno-Zdrój / Wałbrzych

Sector profile

Preferred  Sectors:

1. Business Process Offshoring (BPO), 
2. Information Technology (IT),
3. Renewable energy sources (RES),
4. Health Resort Medicine.

Lower Silesian Technology Park - T-Park - is an attractive area for business operations and investment projects based on advanced technologies. The site complies with the standards adopted in other European Union countries. Its main features are: convenient location, modern infrastructure, and professional background services, including financial support systems.

Objectives of T-Park

The most important objective of the Lower Silesian Technology Park T-Park consists in the creation of favourable conditions for the establishment and development of companies, whose main area of operations will be the commercialization of scientific achievements, the use of advanced technologies, adaptation of the outcome of laboratory work, and the attraction of venture capital.

Targets of T-Park:

Offering investment grounds with good, technical backup facilities to investors. Facilitating implementation of investment projects, acquisition of financial support, and public assistance. Support in launching and implementation of innovative business ventures. Creation of new undertakings, using advanced technologies with the contribution of regional research and development centres; the provision of professional and competitive backup and support services. Active support of work promoting companies that operate in the T-Park.

The Lower Silesian Technology Park is located at a favourable meeting point: only 65 km to Wrocław, 200 km to Prague, 420 km to Warsaw, 390 km to Vienna, and 335 km to Berlin. Key communications junctions, such as crossings with the A4 motorway and the future S3 expressway, are situated 30 km and 15 km from the city, respectively. Only 20 km separates Wałbrzych from the Czech border; to enter Germany, you only need to go 130 km. Five big towns - Wrocław, Legnica, Jelenia Góra, Kłodzko, and Świdnica - surround Wałbrzych, within a 70 km radius.

The Park offers:

The Lower Silesian Technology Park T-Park offers luxuriously finished office spaces from 20 to 50 metres2 in the modern Research and Development Centre building in Szczawno-Zdrój.

We also offer a selection of services:

• “Office  +” - you pay for the office and in addition every resident of the T-Park has unlimited free access to a meeting room and 8 hours per month free access to the conference halls;
• “Grants +”- for our Residents we monitor and filter grant competitions as they are announced, we help to write applications and settle grants (5 free hours of consultation per month);
• “Contacts +” - we assist in making contacts, seek investors and sources of business financing, and in the T-Park building it is possible to take advantage of a legal-fiscal office’s services under preferential conditions;
• “Promotion +” - the success of our Residents is important to us, which is why we attach great importance to advertising and promoting them (advertisements on the website www.t-park.pl, promotions during conferences with potential investors);
• “Training +” - we support small and medium businesses by organising free training in the field of self-promotion, negotiation methods and stock exchange floatation, which help to run a company effectively;
• “Europe +” - we help entrepreneurs identify partners for commercial and technological co-operation in other EU countries, we conduct a free technology audit and free registration on the European database of entrepreneurs interested in international co-operation.

We also offer:

• Internet included in rent ( 2x2 Mb);
  
• Cheap telephone connections (local calls 0,05 min/net);
  
• 8 hours per month access to conference halls included in rent;
  
• Administrative services included in rent;
  
• Server rooms ( 1MG - 10.00 PLN net/ month)
  
• Breakfast rooms;
  
• Reception services, e.g. postal services;
  
• Parking spaces;
  
• Restaurant in T-Park;
  
• 24-hour security including monitoring, 24/7 access to premises.

The investment grounds in the Lower Silesian Technology Park T-Park are located in the Szczawno- Zdrój Economic Activation Zone. This zone has a good communications infrastructure that connects it with both the regional and national road networks, and direct access to the future Szczawno-Zdrój Ringroad. Each plot has all the required utilities and is available for immediate development. A company determined to build a new manufacturing plant in the investment grounds of the Lower Silesian Technology Park is eligible for the right to make use of public assistance in the form of tax exemption, as a result of implementing business activities within the structure of the Special Economic Zone and/or from local taxes.

Strong Points of Investingin the Lower Silesian Technology Park

1. Unrestricted access to technical back-up facilities in the investment grounds.
   
2. Unequalled qualifications of the T-Park management team, ensuring comprehensive assistance and consultancy in the entire investment process.
   
3. Support offered by Dolnośląska Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego S.A. (the institution that manages the Lower Silesian Technology Park).
   
4. Support in acquisition of European Union grants designed specifically for the residents of technology parks.
   
5. Competitive labour costs in the region.
   
6. Availability of qualified employees who have acquired experience in working with foreign interest companies.
   
7. Mobility of workforce in the region.
   
8. Favourable geographical position.
   
9. Well-developed communication infrastructure ensures quick access to:
   
   
   
   
   • The centre of Wałbrzych - 6 km
     
   • The centre of Wrocław - 65 km
     
   • The centre of Prague - 170 km
     
   • The centre of Berlin - 335 km
     
   • The centre of Vienna - 390 km
     
   • A4 Motorway - 30 km
     
   • The future S3 expressway - 15 km
     
   • Wrocław International Airport - 70 km
     
   • Nearest Poland-Czech border crossing - 20 km
     
   • Nearest Poland-Germany border crossing - 130 km
     
     
10. Availability of business support institutions.
    
11. Goodwill and assistance of local and central government administration.
    
12. Many sightseeing attractions in Szczawno-Zdrój municipality, the city of Wałbrzych, and the entire region.
    

Companies operating in the Park:

There are currently 18 companies operating in the Lower Silesia Technology Park, using around 40% of the office space. 

T-Park Building

An office block featuring high quality design and a total area of more than six thousand square metres. It is composed of four Modules (A, B, C, and D), each of which is designed for a different purpose.

• MODULE A: Business Environment Institutions - 3 companies

Module “A” is designed for companies and institutions from the business environment, which will support the operations of small and medium sized companies based in T-Park, such as: consulting agencies, scientific consultants, law firms, tax advisors, and accounting offices, as well as Dolnośląska Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego S.A. (Lower Silesian Regional Development Agency), a body responsible for the management of the Lower Silesian Technology Park.

• MODULE B: T-Park Technology Incubator - 7 companies

Module “B” accommodates the Technology Incubator, which was established as a hotbed for new ideas generated by young technical companies featuring considerable innovative potential. Any company that implements its concepts in the Incubator will receive the relevant assistance in start-up and operation, until they reach economic maturity.

• MODULE C: Companies over two years old with a stable market position - 8 companies.

This is a perfect place for companies boasting a well-established market position. Their model of corporate operations will become a paragon of business for Incubator-based companies that have just begun their first independent activities.

• MODULE D: WORKSHOP AND RESEARCH HALL
  
  
  • Area: 785 m²
  • Cubic space: 8,300 m³
  • Height: 12 m
  • Number of floors: one
  • Admissible floor pressure: 10,000 kg/m²
  • Electric power: 25.5 kW (and more, on request)
  • Water
  • Heating
  • Two industrial gates (access road for heavy vehicles with entry portal leading directly to the hall)
  • Overhead crane (lifting capacity: up to 3.2 T)
  • Maneuvering yard for commercial vehicles.
    
    

The Largest Companies:

• Bioterminal is a market leader for safe and legal transport, storage and tanking of fuel for personal use. We have gone significantly beyond the idea of outsourcing connected with fuel distribution services, by offering fuel management solutions catered individually to the need of each customer. Thanks to major investments in people, technology, equipment and infrastructure, Bioterminal has built up lasting relations with its clients, is constantly developing and providing new solutions along with the changes and developments on the market. Bioterminal functions as a devoted partner of companies and institutions in such industries as construction, transport, road building and mining, which have all shown Bioterminal their trust and make use of solutions which allow them to buy fuel at wholesale prices, maintain a constant supply of fuel and constantly check the quantity of fuel tanked.

• Heapmail Internet Solutions Sp. z o.o. is a group of high-class IT experts specialising in the creation of advanced internet services and innovative software tailored to the customer’s requirements. Heapmail Internet Solutions sp. z o. o. has been active on the Polish market since 1997. Its business is in the domain of “internet solutions”, and its strength is professional, swift and all-round service to the customer. The company is involved in realising many projects partly financed by the European Union, conducting training in such fields as information and communications technologies. This enables it to further the idea of spreading new technology in small and medium companies. More information is available on their website.

• Versio Software is a programming company specialising in creating software to order. Thanks to its use of the most modern technology, the software created is not only fully adapted to users’ requirements, but also easy to develop and build on. The company’s offer also includes a range of ready-made modules which can form the basis to develop an IT system.

Contact:

Loower Silesian Technology Park
Szczawieńska 2 Str.,
58-310 Szczawno-Zdrój
Tel.: (+48 074) 648 04 50,
Fax: (+48 074) 648 04 51
E-mail: info@t-park.pl
WWW: www.t-park.pl ; www.t-park.eu