Blog by Michael Clay

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Approves Public Assistance for Polish Dell Plant

The European Commission okayed 54.5 million euros of regional aid for establishing Dell Products Poland's computer manufacturing plant in Łódź, yesterday.

The Commission decided that the investment project will significantly contribute to the regional development and job creation in a disadvantaged region of Łódź province, and that these benefits outweigh any potential negative effects of the aid on competition and trade.

The total value of Dell's investment in Łódź amounts to 189.6 million euros.

This is fantastic news for the Łódz region as Dell has already proved themselves to be one of the largest employers in the region making Łódź a huge centre for electronic manufacturing and assembly

We now need more and more companies from the UK and Europe taking up the opportunities that exist in Poland's second largest city.

The British Polish Chamber of Commerce have a Business Point Centre in Łódź which enables new busnesses to easily start up with a complete serviced office for next to nothing. Enquiries should be sent to us at Export Poland on the contacts form.

The Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP) signed an agreement last Friday with Avio Polska under which the company will be granted EU Funds within the Innovative Economy Operational Programme.

Avio Polska will use the funds to construct a production technology line of a module for an aircraft engine GEnx-2B, the most modern device of the kind in the world.

The new engine is planned to be used in the long distance aircraft family of Boeing 747-8, which is to substitute the so called Jumbo Jet - the biggest passenger aircraft produced by the American Boeing.

The overall value of the project hovers around 100 million zloty. European financial aid should cover 33million zloty.