Świętokrzyskie voivodeship is situated in the south-eastern part of Poland and neighbours the country’s biggest urban agglomerations: Warsaw, Kraków, Katowice, Lublin and Łódź. The region’s natural resources provide the raw materials for its cement and gypsum industries, and the products of the Świętokrzyskie region’s gypsum and cement plants are well-known on both Polish and foreign markets. Poland’s biggest building firms are based in the region. The region’s pride and joy is the Kielce Trade Fair – the country’s second biggest trade-fair facility, situated at the cross-roads of major national and international routes. It is one of Poland’s ecologically cleanest regions.

Investment opportunities

• large pool of qualified workforce for industry and other sectors of the economy
• developed economic infrastructure and financial institutions in Kielce and other bigger towns in the region
• well developed educational base
• large potential for agricultural and food-processing production
• rich mineral resources for building materials production (lime, cement)
• rich resources of medicinal mineral waters
• developed base of spas, sanatoriums, convalescence hospitals, recreational centres, hotels and private quarters in health resorts
• systematically modernised road network (route S7 and national routes 74 and 73) as well as of the pool of available investment grounds
• relatively low cost of labour: the average salary in the voivodeship - 2,839 zlotys per month, direct labour gross wage - between 1,000 and 2,300 PLN
• increasing pool of the ecological food producers

Sectors with huge potential

• Metal
• Construction
• Spa