Poznan Online - Business oppotunities in Greater Poland voivodship

Greater Poland Voivodeship (also Wielkopolska Province) is a voivodeship, or province, of west-central Poland. It was created January 1, 1999, out of the former Poznan, Kalisz, Konin, Pila and Leszno voivodeships, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act. Wielkopolska Province is second in area and third in population among Poland's sixteen voivodeships, with 29,826 km² area and 3.4 million population.

Capital City	Poznan
Territory	29,826 sq. km
Number of Citizens: - In Urban areas:	3,374.1 thousand 57.0%
Regional Investor Assistance Centre	Poznan
International airport	Poznań - Ławica

Attributes of the District

Situated on main East-West transit routes;
Strong economic activity, high regional GDP;
Diversified economic structure;
Significant share of new technology investments;
Strong investment activity of the local authorities;
Strong presence of foreign capital indicates attractiveness of region for investment;
Large share of private sector in the economy;
Well-developed business support institutions;
Large areas of high-quality agricultural land.

Economic Potential

The main sectors of industry In the Dolnośląskie region are:

food,
power,
metal,
engineering,
wood and furniture,
tobacco.

According to official statistics of GUS (as of 30.09.2006 r.) In the Dolnośląskie region there are 342,795 entities of the national economy. From which 5,081 were set up with foreign capital.

Selected foreign investors, who have invested above $1 million in Poland, In the region:

company	sector
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company	food processing
Pernod Ricard	food processing
Beiersdorf	chemicals and chemical products
Glaxo SmithKline	pharmaceuticals
Philips	electrical machinery and apparatus
Therab - Raben	transport and storage
Nestle S.A.	food processing
Volkswagen AG	automotive
Delphi Automotive Systems	automotive
Bridgestone - Firestone	automotive

Local job market

According to official statistics of GUS the average employment in the enterprise sector from I to III quarter of 2006 amounted to 510,536 people.

Regional employment amounted to:

in manufacturing industry: 292,997 people
in building and construction: 32,979 people
in business and repairs: 110,963 people
in Real estate and business: 32,555 people
in hotels and catering: 6,009 people

According to given data the average gross monthly pay within the term of the first three quarters of 2006 amounted to:

in manufacturing industry: 2,379.90 PLN
in building and construction: 2,357.95 PLN

The unemployment rate in the region (as of 30.12.2006 r.) is at the level of 12.1 %, which represents 174.3 thousand registered unemployed.

Source: PAIZ