The Eberspaecher Group has opened a new plant in Przylesie, Poland, producing thermal management systems for electric city buses and coaches, with capacity of up to 20,000 systems a year. Production of the AC138 EVO heat pump starts in January 2025.
BorgWarner Mobility Poland is investing 380 million zloty in modernizing its production portfolio, moving Morse Systems production from Blonie to a new 11,300 m2 plant in Jasionka, with the transfer planned for September 2022.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
UFI Filters is opening a new plant in Opole, Poland, to make heat exchangers with vacuum brazing, doubling its heat exchanger capacity. The 42 million PLN (about 10 million EUR) investment will create at least 65 jobs, with operations starting in Q2 2018.
NGK Insulators will invest about 29.0 billion yen to expand production of GPF and SiC DPF ceramics at NGK Ceramics Polska's Gliwice plant and its No. 2 plant in Dabrowa Gornicza. Capacity is to rise to about three times for GPFs and 30% for SiC DPFs by April 2020.
Valeo Autosystemy plans to invest at least 101.7 million zloty in expanding its Chrzanów plant with a warehouse and new production lines for car lamps, creating 100 new jobs.
Valeo Autosystemy received a permit to invest 323 million zloty in expanding and equipping its Skawina plants in the Kraków Special Economic Zone, creating at least 150 jobs.
Eaton Automotive Systems will invest 107 million PLN to expand its Bielsko-Biala factory in Poland, adding 10 new positions to the existing 745 jobs.