SÜDPACK broke ground on July 15, 2020 for a new complex at its Bahpol site in Klobuck near Czestochowa, Poland, to expand flexo print capacity. The facility is expected to start production at the end of 2021.

Korporacja KGL has signed a framework agreement under which it will be the main supplier of plastic meat trays to Danish Crown, mainly for its Polish plants. Potential revenue from the agreement, running to 1 January 2023, could reach 40 million PLN.

Phoenix Contact E-Mobility is building a 15,000 m2 production facility at the Rzeszow-Dworzysko science park in Poland, developed by Panattoni, to make AC and DC charging cables. Completion is expected by end 2020 or early 2021, with production starting in early 2021 and the workforce growing to over 250.

Polipak signed a contract worth over 50 million zloty with general contractor W.P.I.P. on 20 May 2020 to build production, warehouse and office buildings of over 20,000 m2 in Środa Wielkopolska, doubling its production and storage space. Completion is planned for mid-2021.

ALPLA is adding a second rPET extrusion line at its PET Recycling Team plant in Radomsko, Poland, doubling rPET capacity from 15,000 to 30,000 tonnes per year from early May 2020.

GAZ-SYSTEM signed four-year framework agreements worth over PLN 89.5 million with three contractors for ball and wedge gate valves for a compressor station in Gustorzyn and expansions in Odolanow and Goleniow. The fittings serve the Baltic Pipe project.

Highlander Partners sold its portfolio company Akomex Group, a Central European cardboard packaging producer, to co-founder Sebastian Sliwa, backed by AMC Capital IV. The closing was completed on 2 April 2020; the price was not disclosed.

Highlander Partners completed the sale of its portfolio company Akomex Group, a Polish packaging manufacturer, to co-founder Sebastian Śliwa with management and support from AMC Capital IV. The article is dated April 2, 2020, and no deal value is given.

Atlas Ward Polska is general contractor for an expansion of Schumacher Packaging's corrugated cardboard packaging factory in Krępice, Lower Silesia, adding about 10,000 sqm of buildings. Completion is planned for the end of August 2020.

Logoplaste Group acquired a majority stake in Masterchem, a Polish PET container manufacturer, forming Masterchem Logoplaste led by CEO Piotr Wasilewski, with the deal completed after UOKiK antitrust approval.

NIBE-BIAWAR has moved production into a new plant in the Białystok subzone of the Suwałki Special Economic Zone and opened a training centre. The first investment stage cost over PLN 25 million.

Johnson Matthey Poland has built a new automotive catalyst factory of about 23,000 square metres in Gliwice, Poland, and plans to hire 400 workers, with recruitment starting in March 2020. The construction cost of the plant was 128 million PLN within a wider 450 million PLN investment begun in 2018.

AMC Capital IV provided EUR 21.1 million to support a management buy-back of Akomex, a Polish packaging manufacturer, led by co-founder Sebastian Śliwa with management. Akomex operates two plants in Poland and one converting operation in Denmark.

Highlander Partners signed a definitive agreement to sell Polish packaging maker Akomex Group to co-founder Sebastian Śliwa and management, with support from AMC Capital, subject to antimonopoly approval.

Danfoss Group will build a new 10,000 m² hall at its Grodzisk Mazowiecki plant, moving solenoid valve production from Kolding, Denmark. First lines start in early 2021 and about 330 jobs are expected.

Agencja Rozwoju Przemyslu bought shares in ZPO Opakomet Lowicz and Opakomet Krakow for over PLN 18 million, a first step toward forming the Polish Packaging Group Opakomet through a merger of the two companies.

Logoplaste Group signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Polish PET container manufacturer Masterchem, with the founding family keeping a significant minority stake. Closing is expected in Q1 2020, subject to regulatory approvals.

Panattoni Europe is converting 12,000 sqm at Panattoni Business Center Łódź III into a plant for Sealed Air producing PE foam packaging. Production is scheduled to start in November 2019 under a lease signed in April 2019.

Polish packaging maker BSC Drukarnia Opakowań signed a two-year contract with Havi Global Solutions Europe to produce and supply packaging, with a maximum value of PLN 64 million from March 2019 to February 2021.

Tetra Pak opened a €25 million, 12,000-square-meter site in Olsztyn, Poland with sales, engineering and manufacturing for cheese production solutions. The site employs over 350 staff and doubles its cheesemaking solution capacity in the country.

Nidec Motors & Actuators will increase production capacity at its Niepołomice plant in Krakow's special economic zone, declaring costs of at least PLN 165.21 million. The project adds production of brushless ABS motors and in-house components.

TOP Packaging, a THIMM and Saica joint venture, took over United Packaging SA, a corrugated cardboard packaging works near Wroclaw in Skarbimierz, Poland, effective October 1, 2019.

Progroup AG announced a new, larger corrugated sheetboard plant in Stryków, Poland, with an investment of about EUR 75 million and more than 50 new jobs, raising total Polish capacity to 520,000 tonnes per year.

Maspex Wadowice Group has adopted SIG's combidome carton bottle to relaunch its Tymbark juice range, the first use of this carton format in Poland.

Gaz-System signed a PLN 550m contract with US firm Solar Turbines for supply and service of 10 compressor aggregates for three Baltic Pipe gas compressor stations in Poland, with delivery within 18 to 20 months.

GAZ-SYSTEM and Solar Turbines signed a contract on 14 August 2019 for ten compressor units and a 10-year service agreement for three Polish compressor stations under the Baltic Pipe Program. The total contract value is over PLN 550 million, with delivery within 18 to 20 months.

TOP Packaging, a joint venture of Thimm Group and Saica, is taking over United Packaging SA's plant in Skarbimierz near Wroclaw, Poland, pending approval by the Polish cartel office. The plant has over 100 employees.

Panattoni Europe finished building a roughly 13,000 sq m build-to-suit factory for Finnish hydraulic cylinder maker Hydroline in Stargard, Poland, with production set to start in August 2019.

T.B.Fruit has begun building what it says is the largest berry and fruit processing plant in Europe in Poland, with an investment of EUR 40 million.

Polish corrugated packaging maker Werner Kenkel has acquired a Rapida 164-6+L offset press from Koenig & Bauer for its Krzycko Wielkie plant to raise production capacity. The report was published on 7 June 2019.

Packaging company Elpes held an opening ceremony in June 2019 for a modern plant in Lublin that produces laminate tubes, mainly for the cosmetics industry. The article is dated July 1, 2019.

Safran Transmission Systems Poland officially completed an expansion and modernization of its Sędziszów Małopolski plant, which began in 2016. The plant gained 1,750 m² of production space, 1,200 m² of social space and 640 m² of offices.

Packaging printer BSC Drukarnia Opakowań was selected by Havi Global Solutions Europe to produce and supply packaging for a two-year contract starting 1 March 2019, with annual turnover of about PLN 28 million.

Alupol Films, an indirect subsidiary of Grupa Kęty, signed a contract with Basell Orlen Polyolefins Sprzedaż to buy raw materials for BOPP film production, valued at about PLN 147 million and running until the end of 2019.

Alupol Films, an indirect subsidiary of Grupa Kęty, signed a contract with Basell Orlen Polyolefins Sprzedaż to buy polypropylene raw materials for BOPP film through the end of 2019, estimated at about 147 million zloty.

SANHUA AWECO held a grand opening ceremony for a new 1000 square metre production building inside its existing Tychy plant in Poland, to produce expansion valves for European automotive customers. The first production start is planned for May 2019.

UFI Filters has inaugurated its first European thermal management plant in Opole, Poland, doubling its global heat exchanger capacity by 2023. The 42 million PLN (about 10 million euro) investment is expected to create 250 jobs within five years.

Lotte Wedel increased its 2019-21 investment plan from PLN 200 million to PLN 300 million to expand its Praga factory with new lines and automation, and is seeking acquisitions in Poland and Central-Eastern Europe. The report was dated 2018-12-13.

BORG Automotive plans a new factory in Lublin, southeast of Warsaw, to add remanufactured automotive parts capacity because its existing Polish plant will be fully utilized by 2019.

Danfoss Power Solutions signed an 11,088 sqm office and warehouse lease at Hillwood Wroclaw I BIS logistics park in Bielany Wroclawskie to expand operations at its hydraulics manufacturing site. Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.

Schumacher Packaging is converting a former newsprint machine at its Myszków, Poland site into a containerboard mill, bringing start-up forward by 6-12 months, with 300,000 tpy of recycled containerboard capacity planned in two steps.

Japanese automotive parts maker Yagi completed a PLN 75 million expansion of its Żarów factory, adding a 7,000 sq m hall for wheel hub production.

Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin inaugurated a new Safran Aircraft Engines plant in Poland on July 4, 2018, to support LEAP engine production. Subsidiary Safran Transmission Systems Poland will assemble about 2,000 power transmissions in 2019.

Mondi opened its expanded Mondi Simet site near Poznań, Poland on 20 June 2018, with a new Fosber corrugator that quadrupled the plant's production capacity for heavy-duty corrugated packaging.

Valmet will supply a warp control system to Stora Enso Packaging's corrugated board plant in Ostroleka, Poland, to reduce warp of the final product and improve plant performance. The announcement was dated 5 June 2018.

Hydromega signed a consortium agreement with RHS and AMEK Offshore to supply onboard hydraulic systems and devices for two Kormoran II naval ships. The article is dated 8 May 2018.

Nibe Biawar is building a new factory of about 30,000 square metres in the Białystok subzone of the Suwałki Special Economic Zone to produce water heaters, heat pumps and pellet boilers. The first stage, costing 25 million zloty, is due to finish in Q1 2019 and will add several dozen jobs.

Valmet secured an order to deliver a warp control system to Stora Enso Packaging's corrugated board plant in Ostroleka, Poland, to improve performance and reduce product warp.

Finnish automation supplier Valmet secured a contract to supply a warp control system to Stora Enso Packaging's corrugated board plant in Ostroleka, Poland, with delivery expected later in 2018 and an order below EUR 1 million.

Valmet will supply an automatic warp control system to Stora Enso Packaging's corrugated board plant in Ostroleka, Poland, for delivery in late spring 2018. The order value was not disclosed.