Half-Year Business Review 2021
The heroes of our movie: Sebastian Bedekier (Colliers International), Katarzyna Czapp (Newell Poland Services), Anita Falenska (Egnyte Poland), Tim Oldenburg (LUMEN) and Igor Matus (Beiersdorf) emphasized that the strength of Poznań is primarily people. They are open-minded, energetic, want to work and learn and speak foreign languages.
The Most Dynamically Developing City In Poland
Poznań's investment potential was confirmed by the victory in the category of "the most dynamically developing city in Poland" during the annual CEE Business Services Summit & Awards 2021 conference.
We welcomed new representatives of the modern business services sector to the Poznań market: Infosys and B. Braun, while research and development projects will be carried out in Poznań by a new company from the biotechnology industry - Medicofarma Biotech.
More data on the development of the modern business services sector is included in the presentation "Poznań = people. Latest data on BPO/SSC market&students in Poznań, Poland", which you can download below.
In May, the second edition of the report "Investment potential of the IT sector in Poznań" was premiered. The analysis of ManpowerGroup experts confirmed that Poznań is a good location for running an IT business, because of the access to qualified staff, a rich educational offer and infrastructure. This fact is verified by 5 new investments (ALTEN Polska, ExpressVPN, Bright Coders Factory, Merkelon P, FasterPay) and the further development of companies that have been operating on the Poznań market for years (e.g. Siemens Digital Industries Software).
Moreover, Poznań's advantage is language skills of its inhabitants. We have gathered all of the most important information about the language potential in a special presentation "Poznań's Language Potential".
Production In Poznań Is Not Slowing Down
In the first half of 2021, we have also announced the investment of Tuopu, which confirmed that Poznań remains an attractive location for the automotive industry. The modern factory of the Chinese investor will manufacture components for electric cars. The total expenditure on the investment will reach EUR 30 million.
The Beiersdorf factory is preparing for its expansion. Its cost is estimated at approximately PLN 700 million. Moreover, extension of the Bridgestone factory, for which the concern will allocate over EUR 160 million, is in process.
New Warehouses Under Construction
During the pandemic, the demand for warehouse space has increased significantly (in Poznań at a record level of + 31% y / y). In Poznań metropolis, Panattoni has launched the building of two large logistics investments with a total area of almost 70,000 sq. m. The CLIP company is also expanding its transhipment terminal.
Record Season At Poznań-Ławica Airport
After the break caused by the lockdown, most of the connections from the Poznań-Ławica airport are back. Passengers can choose from 49 routes on regular lines and 33 on charter lines, which is a record result! From Poznań, we are able to fly to four continents - to the most important cities of Europe, but also to Asia, Africa and America.
From May, flights on the Poznań-Frankfurt-Poznań route have returned, and from mid-June Lufthansa planes are also flying on the Poznań-Munich-Poznań route. In November, Ryanair is planning to launch a completely new destination - Helsinki.
Ambitious Plans For Autumn
The holiday season certainly will be very active for the Investor Relations Department. We are working on updating the city real estate offer in order to prepare well for the real estate and investment fair MIPIM 2021, which this year will exceptionally take place in September.
Additionally, in cooperation with Poznań IT companies, we are organizing the third edition of the Pozitive Technologies conference, which was a great success and attracted almost 1,000 participants last year. We are working on a rich agenda, which, similarly to the last year, will include at least 4 thematic tracks and lectures on the main stage. More details will be available soon on the official channels and on the website of the conference.
We are glad that visits of potential investors and industry events are taking place live again and we hope that opportunities to meet face-to-face will be available till the end of the year.
For more information from the business world of Poznań, check the "Invest in Poznan" profiles on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Let's keep in touch!
Investor Relations Department of the City of Poznań
Za Bramką 1, Poznań, investor@um.poznan.pl, +48 61 878 5428
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