Business oppotunities in Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodship

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Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship is an administrative region, or voivodship, in central-northern Poland. Its capital cities are Bydgoszcz and Torun. Kujawsko Pomorskie is an old region situated at the borderland of the Russian and Prussian partition. The historically strong ties of Torun and Gdansk provide now good ground for multifaceted co operation between Kuþawsko-Pomorskie and Pomorskie voivodships. The Vistula River, a traditional trade route in medieval Poland, links the largest centres of the voivodship: Wloclawek, Torun, Bydgoszcz and Grudziadz.

Main cities	Bydgoszcz, Torun
Area	17,970 sq. km
Population - of which urban	2,067,800 61.7%
Investor Assistance Centre	Torun
International Airport	Bydgoszcz

Main sectors: chemical, agriculture, electro-mechanical, paper and furniture production.

According to the official data provided by the Central Statistical Office (GUS) in August 2005, there were 185,021 business entities in the region. Roughly 1,399 of these enterprises had a share of foreign capital.

Selected foreign investors with investments of over $1 mln in Poland present in the region:

Unilever NV - food processing

Lucent Technologies Network Systems Netherlis - electrical machinery and apparatus

Nestle - food processing

Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company - food processing

Lafarge - other non-metal goods

Telia - telecommunications

Framondi - pulp and paper

Henkell&Sohnlein - food processing

Neupack - packaging

East Pack - packaging

Radson - distribution of heating equipment

LABOUR MARKET

Total number of employees in the voivodship, according to the official data provided by the Central Statistical Office in August 2005, is 732,000.

Numbers employed in selected sectors:

Industry (total): 127,776
Construction: 13,543
Trade and repair: 32,868
Hotels and restaurants: 1,920
Business services including real estate: 17,669

Average private sector monthly gross salaries:

industry: 2,125 PLN
construction: 1,929 PLN

Unemployment rate: 22.5%
Total unemployed persons registered: 191,300

USEFUL LINKS

Governor’s Office (Kujawsko – Pomorski Urzad Wojewodzki)
ul. Jagiellonska 3
85-950 Bydgoszcz
Tel.: (+48 52) 349 77 80
Fax: (+48 52) 349 74 60
www.uwoj.bydgoszcz.pl

Marshal’s Office (Urzad Marszalkowski Wojewodztwa Kujawsko – Pomorskiego)
Plac Teatralny 2
87-100 Torun
Tel.: (+48 56) 62 18 255
Fax: (+48 56) 62 18 553
www.kujawsko-pomorskie.pl

Bydgoszcz Town Hall
Mr Konstanty Dombrowicz
ul. Jezuicka 1
85-102 Bydgoszcz
Tel.: (+48 52) 585 89 13, 328 89 13
Fax: (+48 52) 585 86 23
www.bydgoszcz.pl

Torun Town Hall
Mr Michal Zaleski
Urzad Miasta
Waly gen. Sikorskiego 8
87-100 Torun
Tel.: (+48 56) 622 25 55, 611 87 52
Fax: (+48 56) 622 16 70
www.um.torun.pl

Investor Assistance Centre (within the structures of the Marshal’s Office)
Plac Teatralny 2
87-100 Torun
Tel.: (+48 56) 621 83 97, 621 84 35, 621 84 87
Fax: (+48 56) 621 83 02
www.kujawsko-pomorskie.pl/coi/

Source: Central Statistical Office (GUS)

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Beryl Nicholson, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 2010-02-04
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