£ód¼ region constitutes the area of 18, 219 sq. km. The number of residents is 2, 6 million (the sixth place in Poland). It determines the purchasing power valued at over 16 billion Euro. The industrial traditions have been supplemented by the latest technological solutions and supported by several dozen academic, scientific and research centres. Situated in the centre of Poland, at the junction of the main communication routes - highways A1 and A2 and expressways S-8 and S-14, the £ód¼ region has the most beneficial logistic location in Poland as well as in Europe. Investors operating in the LSEZ have already appreciated this fact. £ód¼ region is also an important railway junction - a new fast railroad Warsaw-Poznan-Berlin and Warsaw-Wroc³aw is currently under construction, while international air terminals (passenger and cargo) are situated in £ód¼ and £ask.

The investments in £ód¼ region offer companies a direct access to the markets of the European Union, at the same time constituting a perfect grounds for reaching the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Deciding to start business activity in the £ód¼ Special Economic Zone, investors obtain access to 265-million population, inhabiting the areas within one thousand kilometres radius from the borders of the Zone. £ód¼ Special Economic Zone is established until 31^st of December 2020.

The £ód¼ Special Economic Zone covers a total area of 1162 ha - from which 375 ha are available for investment  and are located in the following towns and communes:

Investment areas under the patronage of £ód¼ SEZ

In 2009 business permits were issued to following investors:

	Investor	Sub-zone	Investment outlays	Workplaces
1	HSV Poland	Radomsko	15,000,000 PLN	30
2	Trasko Konstrukcje	Ostrzeszów	18,000,000 PLN	75
3	Ceramika Tub±dzin II	Ozorków	10,000,000 PLN	9
4	ABB	Aleksandrów £ódzki	16,000,000 PLN	12
5	Zak³ad Ceramiki Budowlanej w Tub±dzinie	Tub±dzin	20,000,000 PLN	31
6	Fujitsu Services	Textorial Park £ód¼	5,000,000 PLN	450
7	Ceramika Paradyæ	Paradyæ	120,000,000 PLN	25
8	Cortizo	Radomsko	23,700,000 PLN	25
9	Adamed Pharma	Ksawerów	35,300,000 PLN	10
10	WAGRAN Sp. z o.o.	Tomaszów Mazowiecki	9,500,000 PLN	40
11	Cedrob S.A.	Raci±æ	55,000,000 PLN	50
12	Logistic Service S.A.	S³ubica	67,800,000 PLN	226
13	Lampre Sp. z o.o.	Kutno	96,160,000 PLN	46
14	Yuncheng (Poland) Sp. z o.o.	£ód¼ (Konstantynów £ódzki)	16,900,000 PLN	40
15	HTL – Strefa S.A.	Ozorków	18,000,000 PLN	40
16	EUROMETAL S.A.	Kleszczów	81,000,000 PLN	80
17	KORONA S.A.	Wieluń	25,000,000 PLN	90
18	ITG SOLAR Sp. z o.o.	Kleszczów	76,000,000 PLN	40
19	DEKOMAL s.c. A. Kutera, A. Stasi³owicz	Brójce	2,000,000 PLN	5
20	LIW Care Technology Sp. z o.o.	Konstantynów £ódzki	5,000,000 PLN	8
	Total		715,360,000 PLN	1332

In 2010 business permits were issued to following investors:

	Investor	Sub-zone	Investment outlays	Workplaces
1	Euros	Ostrzeszów	2,000,000 PLN	20
2	Ceramika Paradyæ	Opoczno	25,000,000 PLN	30 (370)
3	Business Support Solution	£ód¼	600,000 PLN	330
4	Delia Cosmetics Distribution	£ód¼-Nowy Józefów	5,200,000 PLN	35
5	SWM Poland	Stryków	90,000,000 PLN	100
6	Mecalit Polska	£ód¼	2,700,000 PLN	25 (100)
7	Bowi Styl	£ód¼-Nowy Józefów	17,000,000 PLN	20 (50)
8	BSH	£ód¼	8,500,000 PLN	5 (300)
9	Eko Region	Kleszczów	100,400,000 PLN	60
	Razem		251,400,000 PLN	625

Statistics:

• Number of companies who invested in Lodz SEZ - 163
• Number of investment outlays in Lodz SEZ - 7.2 mld PLN
• Number of work places created in Lodz SEZ - 25,000

The £ód¼ Special Economic Zone stands out with its very high standards and effectiveness in terms of its services provided to investors. It was proven by granting the £ód¼ SEZ, the Certificate of Quality Management in accordance with the PN-EN ISO 9001:2000 in April 2005. The certificate confirms that the £ód¼ SEZ has implemented and uses the Quality Management System with regard to the comprehensive services provided to investors.

Major investors in the £ód¼ Special Economic Zone:

Investor	Country of origin	Sector
Dell Products (Poland) Sp. z o.o.	USA	IT
Gillette Poland International Sp. z o.o.	USA	shaving equipment
Procter and Gamble Operations Polska Sp. z o.o.	USA	cosmetics
Indesit Company Polska Sp. z o.o.	Italy	household goods
CORRECT - K. B³aszczyk i wspólnicy S-ka komandytowa	Poland	furniture
G-K Sp. z o.o.	Poland	building construction products
BSH Sprzźt Gospodarstawa Domowego Sp. z o.o.	Germany	household goods
Haering Polska Sp. z o.o.	Germany	machine cutting
UMA INVESTMENTS Sp. z o.o.	USA	food
PRINTPACK POLAND Sp. z o.o.	Great Britain	packing
Prowell Sp. z o.o.	Germany	paper goods
FUJI SEAL Poland Sp. z o.o.	Japan	labeles, packing production
EUROGLAS Polska Sp. z o.o.	Germany	glass production
ABB Sp. z o.o.	Netherlands	industrial automatics

Contact person :

Agnieszka Sobieszek
Director
Investment Development Department
tel.: +48 42 275 50 52
e-mai.: agnieszka.sobieszek@sse.lodz.pl

Dorota Lombardi
Vice Director
Investment Development Department
tel.: +48 42 275 50 51
e-mail: dorota.lombardi@sse.lodz.pl

Rafa³ Karolczak
Specialist for Investment Development
tel.: +48 42 275 50 55
e-mail: rafal.karolczak@sse.lodz.pl

Zone managing company:

£ód¼ Special Economic Zone
ul. Tymienieckiego 22/24
90-349 £ód¼, Poland
Tel.: +48 42 676 27 53, 676 27 54,
Fax: +48 42 676 27 55
e-mail: info@sse.lodz.pl
www.sse.lodz.pl