| SECTOR | IMPORTS | 5Y/YR | RANK | EXPORTS | 5Y/YR | RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Machinery | $8.61B | +2.3% | 19 | $6.97B | +5.3% | 17 |
| Automation and Robotics | $3.45B | +7.4% | 19 | $3.52B | +10.8% | 18 |
| Pumps and Valves | $5.27B | +7.6% | 12 | $4.61B | +6.2% | 12 |
| Material Handling | $2.11B | +1.8% | 17 | $2.29B | +3.9% | 15 |
| Food Processing Equipment | $1.29B | +3.1% | 13 | $1.99B | +6.1% | 6 |
| Steel and Metal Products | $34.9B | +5.9% | 13 | $30.0B | +5.2% | 16 |
| Specialty Chemicals | $9.64B | +5.2% | 14 | $9.73B | +8.8% | 13 |
| Plastics and Polymers | $20.5B | +5.8% | 11 | $16.2B | +7.2% | 14 |
| Packaging | $3.50B | +5.0% | 11 | $6.68B | +7.3% | 4 |
| Industrial Textiles | $1.88B | +3.1% | 9 | $1.27B | +5.0% | 14 |
| Electrical Equipment | $14.9B | +7.3% | 16 | $20.0B | +11.0% | 9 |
| Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics | $6.03B | +7.7% | 19 | $972.9M | +4.7% | 34 |
| Automotive Components | $19.3B | +8.3% | 9 | $27.9B | +5.0% | 7 |
| Aerospace Components | $4.42B | +20.9% | 15 | $5.20B | +12.2% | 10 |
| Medical Devices | $3.94B | +8.0% | 20 | $4.53B | +9.8% | 17 |
| Construction Materials | $2.46B | +2.8% | 11 | $5.38B | +10.1% | 7 |
| HVAC and Industrial Refrigeration | $3.08B | +5.8% | 14 | $3.83B | +4.6% | 10 |
| Power Generation Equipment | $1.14B | +5.6% | 21 | $983.2M | -2.8% | 20 |
| Water Treatment Equipment | $584.3M | +1.8% | 23 | $541.8M | +11.0% | 18 |
| Mining Equipment | $1.98B | +3.4% | 22 | $1.21B | +1.9% | 23 |
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Polska Grupa Górnicza awarded Grupa Azoty Zakłady Azotowe PUŁAWY a supply contract for plastic packaging sacks and bags, valued at PLN 1,541,952. The award decision was made on 28 July 2026.
Pratt & Whitney will invest USD 25 million to expand its precision parts plant in Niepołomice, Poland, to boost output of complex tubular assemblies for engine programs. The site is expected to start operating in 2028 and create more than 120 jobs.
Airpress is expanding its plant in Tarnów Podgórny near Poznań to increase screw compressor production, with an investment of over 30 million PLN. The works are staged so production continues, and completion is planned for late 2027.
ITM Polska, on behalf of its purchasing group with Auchan Polska, has launched an open tender to select packaging suppliers for 299 product items. Deliveries will go to central warehouses and over 500 stores across Poland. Submission deadline is September 21, 2026.
The Plast-Box Group will install a new machine for 5-litre IML containers at its Suwary plant in Ksawerow, Poland, in January 2027, significantly increasing capacity for this segment.
CANPACK S.A. has announced plans to merge with CP GLASS S.A. through universal succession under Polish law, taking over all its assets and obligations to simplify the group structure and cut administrative costs.
Polish packaging maker Grembox is investing 110 million zloty (about 26 million euros) in a new corrugated cardboard plant in the Katowice Special Economic Zone in Bytom, creating up to 70 jobs. Commissioning is scheduled for 2027.
Polska Grupa Górnicza S.A. awarded medium- and high-pressure pump supply contracts for its divisions over 18 months to Grupa Powen-Wafapomp S.A. and ZAMEP Sp. z o.o. for PLN 46,962,585. The award decision was dated 28 April 2026 and published on 11 June 2026.
PONAR Wadowice held a groundbreaking ceremony on 29 April 2026 for a new production hall of over 1,850 m² at its Łaziska Górne branch, co-financed by EU Just Transition Fund. Project value is PLN 46,703,800 and completion is planned for Q1 2027.
PONAR Wadowice S.A. will invest nearly 100 million PLN in a new production hall of about 1,000 m² and a machinery park at its Wadowice plant, supported under the Polish Investment Zone. The investment is for the defense sector.
Polska Grupa Górnicza S.A. awarded two supply contracts for plastic packaging bags to Inter-Duban in Bielsko-Biała and POMAR in Zabrze, with a combined value of 3,922,674 PLN, announced on 14 January 2026.
PONAR Wadowice has received a support decision under the Polish Investment Zone for a strategic project worth nearly PLN 100 million, including a new 1,000 m2 production hall and modern machinery for defense and civilian hydraulics, to be carried out in 2026-2027.
ALSTAL Grupa Budowlana held the topping-out ceremony for CANPACK's new production and warehouse hall in Bydgoszcz, Poland, a design-and-build project within a PLN 440 million investment. The hall is being prepared for an aluminium can production line.
Canpack will invest more than 440 million Polish zlotys (over 100 million euros) to expand and modernize its Bydgoszcz plant in Poland, adding about 1 billion cans per year of capacity and more than 100 new jobs.
Dutch flexible packaging manufacturer Royal Vaassen leased nearly 13,000 sq m of warehouse space and about 600 sq m of office space at the Hillwood Oleśnica logistics park, which is now fully leased. AXI IMMO advised on the transaction.
Polish-American packaging group CANPACK is investing over PLN 440 million to expand its Bydgoszcz plant, adding a new production and warehouse hall and over 1 billion cans per year of capacity, with more than 100 new jobs. Construction contractor is ALSTAL.
PONAR Wadowice received a PLN 15.4 million grant from the Just Transition Fund to build a low-emission production hall at its Łaziska Górne branch in Silesia for drives, controls and special-purpose systems.
ALSTAL Grupa Budowlana signed a contract to build a production and warehouse hall for CANPACK in Bydgoszcz, adding a line for about 1 billion aluminium cans a year, with investment above 440 million PLN; construction runs to August 2026.
Mondi has installed a new production line at its Krapkowice plant in Poland to increase output of its re/cycle MailerBAG paper packaging for e-commerce customers. The article is dated 27 May 2025 and gives no investment amount.
CANPACK is investing over PLN 440 million to expand its aluminum beverage can plant in Bydgoszcz, Poland, adding about one billion cans per year of capacity and over 100 new jobs.
STM Group increased PINTA's beer canning capacity and automated its can line with a cartoner, supplying depalletiser, rinser, Microcan CL10 filler, labeller, case packer and integration with the glass-bottle line.
Canpack Group plans to add a line producing about 1 billion beverage cans at its Bydgoszcz plant in Poland, with commissioning targeted for Q2 2026. The project was first announced in 2022 and postponed in 2023.
VPK Group's Aquila commissioned a new Fosber 2.8m S/Line corrugator at its Września plant in Poland as part of a €25 million investment. The line can produce up to 20 million square meters of corrugated board per month, and the official ribbon cutting took place in early 2025.
Mondi completed a €90 million investment upgrade at its Mszczonów plant near Warsaw, doubling capacity and making it the largest corrugated solutions plant in Poland. The upgrade is part of a €280 million corrugated packaging investment across central and eastern Europe.
VPK Packaging Group's AQUILA plant in Września, Poland has installed a new Fosber corrugator as part of an investment that includes a 13,000 square metre production hall.