Lublin has been once again awarded in terms of FDI friendliness. In the ranking 'Polish Cities of the Future 2019/20' published by the prestigious fDi Magazine, a member of the Financial Times group, Lublin ranked high in two categories - 2nd place in the category 'Cost effectiveness' and 6th place in the category 'Human capital and lifestyle'.
MAKING-CITY, the new large-scale demonstration project funded by Horizon 2020 EU’s research and innovation programme, holds its kick-off meeting on 13th-14th December in Valladolid, Spain. Gathering 34 partners coming from 9 countries, this 60-month H2020 project with a budget of 20 million euros aims to address and demonstrate the urban energy system transformation towards low carbon cities following the Positive Energy District (PED) concept.
The world leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation, as well as the second largest employer of the modern business services sector in Poland, opens its next centre in a new location. Lublin, the most dynamic IT ecosystem in the east of the country, will join the branches in Kraków, Warsaw, Wrocław, Poznań, Katowice and Opole.
The dynamic development of the office market in Lublin encouraged the Nowy Styl Group, the European leader in furniture solutions for offices, to expand its operations in our city. In the CZ Office Park office building, the company opened its first Office Inspiration Point.
Two thousand eighteen was another very good year for the commercial office real estate market in Lublin. The supply of modern office space increased by several percents, exceeding 200,000 sqm.
Predica, a Polish company specializing in Microsoft technologies (particularly in Azure platform solutions, opened its new office in Lublin. Predica is present on three continents and cooperates with large international companies such as Qatargas, Maersk and Emaar Properties.
From now on, you can rent 1 of the 100 hybrid cars per minute that appeared in Lublin. To use the service, you need a driving licence, a phone (smartphone) and a payment card. The network operator, PANEK CarSharing, has announced that you can travel by car from Warsaw to Lublin and from Lublin to Warsaw, also in one direction.
Local government of Lublin is well aware that it is the economy that drives the city development. Therefore, it undertakes intensive actions aimed at attracting new investors from industry and service sector and encouraging already present investors to reinvest. Nevertheless, the City does not forget about small entrepreneurship, offering it various forms of support.
Varroc Lighting Systems, a manufacturer of innovative lighting and electronic systems for cars, will employ a thousand people. Its factory and research and development centre will be built in Niemce near Lublin.
Sollers Consulting sees that the primary barrier to growth in the IT services market is the ability to build a team. Lublin provides this opportunity, at the same time ensuring the dynamics of development comparable to Warsaw.
Business is business - everyone knows this saying. According to this, business decisions are completely separate from emotions or personal issues. However, we were wondering whether soft factors also have an impact on investment location decisions. So we asked experts - representatives of a consulting company, a business support institution and a firm that has already invested in Lublin - to take a comprehensive look at this issue.
The Danish remanufacturing company Borg Automotive will establish a new production site in Lublin (Poland) to meet the growing demand for remanufactured automotive parts.
