The Danish manufacturer of probably the best beer in the world located its investment in the region’s capital, and two out of the six BPO projects finalised in 2009 in Poland, found their way to Szczecin. Italian UniCredit and Danish Coloplast prove the city’s attractiveness for the service investments. The second regional center, Koszalin, has become a home for the Royal Greenland Seafood, the largest European fish processing company and Portuguese Jeronimo Martins established their logistics center there.

 

In the High Technologies Industrial Park in Stargard Szczeciński, Japanese Bridgestone manufactures tyres for lorries and buses. Cargotec, a world leader in the production of transport and trans-shipment machines and equipment, established a facility right next door. In the opinion of Harri Ojala, the Vice President of the Finnish Cargotec Corporation, the location of their investment offers everything needed to run business: the proximity to our European clients, the port, the motorway, adequate logistics solutions and road investment plans. His opinion seems to be shared by Ulrich Dohle, Deputy Chairman of Tognum AG. German tycoon is starting construction of a modern plant in Stargard, where engines' parts will be produced.

 

The projects mentioned above, constitute only a few examples of successful foreign investments in the Westpomeranian Region, where over four thousand companies with foreign capital are registered. Amongst those, the predominant role is played by investors from Germany, Scandinavia and other European countries, but our offer is also being appreciated by investors from USA, India, Japan and Korea.

 

In the words of the President Sławomir Majman, specific to the region are good wind conditions for wind farms, currently, more and more producers are considering constructing production plants in the Westpomeranian Region to fulfil the requirements of existing wind farms. At the same time, Roland Sunded of LM Wind Power Blades highlights the fact that West Pomerania has excellent logistical options for our inbound and outbound logistics needs whether by road or marine allowing to effectively serve customers in the growing offshore and onshore markets in Europe.

 

Tourism holds a dominant place in the regional economy, which is a consequence of the region’s natural attributes. Time spent in the Westpomeranian Region, apart from leaving one rested will also improve the general state of health and fitness. Here, nature created excellent conditions for healing and regenerating of our bodies. The climate, peloids, and waters rich in sodium ions - are the natural healing attributes on which many health farms have blossomed.

 

For investors, who are interested in the assets and the potential of West Pomerania, professional and free assistance at each step of the investment process, is available from the Investors’ Assistance Center at the Marshal’s Office, who is the regional partner of the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency. IAC is known as a one stop shop due to the scope of assistance which it provides, from information regarding the legal requirements of locating investments in the Westpomeranian Region, through assistance programmes, investment incentives to suggesting particular investment plots, which are available in the investment offer database.