Inhaltsverzeichnis WIELKOPOLSKA AGENCY FOR ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LTD. Open Days, Brussels, October 2006 Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development Ltd., Piekary 19, Poznań, Poland Tel , Fax ,

1. Einleitung Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development Ltd., Piekary 19, Poznań, Poland Tel , Fax , HIGH POTENTIAL SECTORS IN WIELKOPOLSKA FURNITURE TRANSPORTATON VEHICLES/AUTOMOTIVE BPO & IT LOGISTICS TOURISM WIELKOPOLSKA HIGH POTENTIAL SECTORS

1. Einleitung Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development Ltd., Piekary 19, Poznań, Poland Tel , Fax , Characteristics Traditional branch – well established in the region 3700 businesses EUR 882 million – annual production sold Export oriented sector – 80 % of production sold Specialized subcontractors and suppliers Major events at the Poznan International Fair FURNITURE BRANCH IN WIELKOPOLSKA

1. Einleitung Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development Ltd., Piekary 19, Poznań, Poland Tel , Fax , Research and development centres for furniture industry oInstitute for Wood Technology in Poznan – leading Polish centre of knowledge about wood processing and furniture manufacturing oFaculty of Wood Technology of the Agricultural University in Poznan – educational function with over 100 graduates a year oPoznan University of Technology oInstitute of Natural Fibres oRemodex research centre FURNITURE INDUSTRY IN WIELKOPOLSKA

Inhaltsverzeichnis Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development Ltd., Piekary 19, Poznań, Poland Tel , Fax , Wielkopolska Furniture Cluster: 1000 companies Features of a cluster*: large share of exports in total production, well-established co-operation with local government, a significant share of foreign capital. Barriers of cluster development*: no need to co-operate with companies from the same branch is being declared little co-operation with the R&D sector *Clusters in Poland, The Gdansk Institute for Market Economics WIELKOPOLSKA FURNITURE CLUSTER

1. Einleitung Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development Ltd., Piekary 19, Poznań, Poland Tel , Fax , Transportation vehicles Automotive sector One of the leading industries in Wielkopolska and Poland Major foreign investments (Volkswagen, MAN, Bridgestone) Production of public transport vehicles - 40% of national production (2003) Production of lorries constituted 80% Large share of exports – about 70% of production TCAS project – development of automotive cluster AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY IN WIELKOPOLSKA

1. Einleitung Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development Ltd., Piekary 19, Poznań, Poland Tel , Fax , R&D centres for transportation vehicles industry The Poznań University of Technology Institute of Rail Vehicles (Instytut Pojazdów Szynowych TABOR, Poznań) Industrial Institute for Agricultural Machinery (Przemysłowy Instytut Maszyn Rolniczych, Poznań) Institute of Logistics and Storage (Instytut Logistyki i Magazynowania, Poznań) Research and Development Institute for Tire Industry Stomil (Ośrodek Badawczo Rozwojowy Przemysłu Oponiarskiego "Stomil", Poznań) TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES SECTOR IN WIELKOPOLSKA

1. Einleitung Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development Ltd., Piekary 19, Poznań, Poland Tel , Fax , Wide range of products and services offered TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES SECTOR air-conditioning systems, automobiles, buses braking systems, engine parts, exhaust systems, fittings, fitting parts, glass windows, heaters, lighting, lighting parts, omnibuses, painting, radiators, rubber mats, seats, sleeper berths, interior equipment, strings and cords, steering systems, transmission, trucks, vehicle body and parts, frame and parts, wheels, tires, workshop equipment.

1. Einleitung Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development Ltd., Piekary 19, Poznań, Poland Tel , Fax , Characteristics Well educated workforce – 740 graduates in IT and telecommunications yearly Numerous awards in international and national contests Polish Information Processing Society contests IEEE Computer Society International Design Competition (CSIDC), Award of Logistics Excellence Well-equipped laboratories of R&D units Good infrastructure and high level of Internet access – 1 million Established backbone networks provided by: Telekomunikacja Polska SA, TKTelekom, EXATEL SA, Netia, GTS Polska, Energis, GTS Internet Partners, ATMAN, Crowley, Pro Futuro, Długie Rozmowy, Elterix and ETel INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR IN WIELKOPOLSKA

1. Einleitung Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development Ltd., Piekary 19, Poznań, Poland Tel , Fax , R&D centres Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Centre with its own supercomputing system, it heads a virtual laboratory The Centres of IT Application at Poznań Science and Technology Park The Department of Information Technology at the University of Economics aims at developing e-economy by integrating computer and management sciences INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR IN WIELKOPOLSKA

1. Einleitung Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development Ltd., Piekary 19, Poznań, Poland Tel , Fax , Companies in the sector Approximately 200 companies in Wielkopolska dealing with IT Major investors in the branch: Apcon - invested about USD 5 million, its Centre of Information Systems in Tarnowo Podgórne near Poznań, other big IT companies: DomData, Emax, IN-Software, Magellan Software, Polsoft, Talex, ZETO Majority of companies are SMEs Allegro.pl – the biggest foreign e-commerce located in Poznań 20 software producers are members of the InMost ( network headed by the Poznan University of Technology INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR IN WIELKOPOLSKA

1. Einleitung Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development Ltd., Piekary 19, Poznań, Poland Tel , Fax , Business Process Offshoring – sector with huge potential thanks to: Excellent location of Wielkopolska Region Ławica Airport in Poznań Good availability of highly skilled academics with good command of foreign languages Relatively low operational costs Well – developed network of business support institutions Good availability of modern office space. BUSINESS PROCESS OFFSHORING

1. Einleitung Wielkopolska Agency For Enterprise Development ul. Piekary 19, Poznan, Poland Tel , Fax , WIELKOPOLSKA INVESTMENT ZONES, TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL PARKS TECHNOLOGY PARKS IN DEVELOPMENT Poznan Science & Technology Park (University) Nickel Technology Park Poznan (private company) SPECIAL ECONOMIC SUB-ZONES CLIP VOLKSWAGEN near POZNAN SANITECH KOŁO INDUSTRIAL PARKS ŚREM INDUSTRIAL PARK GRODZISK INDUSTRIAL ZONE SOWIA INDUSTRIAL PARK

1. Einleitung Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development Ltd., Piekary 19, Poznań, Poland Tel , Fax , BPO centers operating in Wielkopolska Region: BUSINESS PROCESS OFFSHORING Arvato Services Analyx GmbH Funkwerk - EC IT GlaxoSmithKline Center KPMG Carlsberg Financial Service Center* * will be opened in November 2006

1. Einleitung Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development Ltd., Piekary 19, Poznań, Poland Tel , Fax , Logistics – favourable factors for development of this sector: Excellent network of transport routes – two main road tracks: East – West and North – South A2 motorway Well – developed network of rail connections with three main junction stations Domestic and international air connections Cargo terminal on Ławica Airport LOGISTICS

1. Einleitung Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development Ltd., Piekary 19, Poznań, Poland Tel , Fax , Logistic centers in Wielkopolska Volkswagen (Swarzędz near Poznań) Intermarche (Koziegłowy near Poznań) Reemstma (Tarnowo Podgórne, Poznań Poviat) Lidl (Jankowice near Poznań) Raben (Gądki, Poznań Poviat) Poznań Logistic Center* Wielkopolska Logistic Center (Stare Miasto near Konin) LOGISTICS * planned

1. Einleitung Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development Ltd., Piekary 19, Poznań, Poland Tel , Fax , Private parks and logistic centers offering warehouses to rent Center for Logistic and Industry Investments Poznań (Swarzędz near Poznań) Prologis Park Poznań (Sady, Poznań Poviat) Tulipan Park (Poznań) LOGISTICS

1. Einleitung Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development Ltd., Piekary 19, Poznań, Poland Tel , Fax , Most interesting things to see in Wielkopolska region Wielkopolska National Park – near Poznań (15 kilometers south of the city), beautiful post – glacial landscape with picturesque lakes, forests and some historical monuments. Over a dozen landscape parks scattered in area Historical monuments directly connected to the inception of Polish nationality – such as Cathedral Church in Gniezno, burg city in Biskupin, Pallatium of the first prince of Poland – Mieszko I in Lednica, church island Ostrów Tumski in Poznań and few remained romanesqe churches located in the region. So – called historical trials, such as Piast Trial around which there are located most of those monuments. Project of creating Royal – Imperial Trial, with the Emperors Palace of Wilhelm II in Poznań and renovated castle of Przemysł II TOURISM IN WIELKOPOLSKA

1. Einleitung Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development Ltd., Piekary 19, Poznań, Poland Tel , Fax , For those who prefer to spend their time actively Numerous bicycle routes (including European Bicycle Trial and few Voivodship Bicycle Rings). Over 3000 kilometers of walk trials kilometers of picturesque kayak trials. Malta sport complex - with rowing track (one of the most modern in the world), artificial all-year ski slope, bicycle routes, places for roller skaters etc. Planned sports and leisure complex Malta Therms. Studs and agrotouristic farms TOURISM IN WIELKOPOLSKA

1. Einleitung Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development Ltd., Piekary 19, Poznań, Poland Tel , Fax , Facts and figures In 2005 the city of Poznań was visited by 700 thousand of foreign visitors - 3rd place in Poland after Warsaw and Kraków. Wielkopolska was visited by 1,4 million tourists. Most of tourists comes from Germany (57%) and France Quickly developing Ławica Airport and improving state of road infrastructure (e.g. building of motorway A2). Investments in tourist infrastructure (such as hotels, car rentals, training fields, bicycle and kayak rentals etc.). TOURISM IN WIELKOPOLSKA

1. Einleitung Wielkopolska Agency For Enterprise Development ul. Piekary 19, Poznan, Poland Tel , Fax , Wielkopolska – BEST FOR LIVING AND TOURISM Good living, natural beauty and wealth Beautiful landscape: rivers, lakes, forests Monuments archeological objects, sacral objects, castles, palaces Sport and recreation biking, horse riding, golf Culture and art

Wielkopolska Agency For Enterprise Development ul. Piekary 19, Poznan, Poland Tel , Fax , Wielkopolska – Opportunities for enterprises and investors Thank you for your attention! Contact: Anna Łuszczewska Wielkopolska Agency For Enterprise Development Investor Assistance Center tel , , fax