New investments in the Rzeszów-Dworzysko Science and Technology Park dr Grażyna Gęsicka managed by the Poviat Eldership in Rzeszów.
Panattoni, an industrial space developer, will build a plant for the production of electric car chargers and a modern transhipment terminal for its customers. The investments will be built on the premises of the Rzeszów-Dworzysko Science and Technology Park managed by the Poviat Eldership in Rzeszów. By the business world, this area is not, by accident, referred to as the „economic heart of the region”.
The fact that such innovative and reputable companies have decided to invest in Dworzyska is not a coincidence.
– Our science and technology park is fully developed and has a convenient communication location. It’s a great place to invest and create new jobs. Thanks to this, the Rzeszów Poviat and our entire region become an attractive place to live and work, both for young, well-educated people and professionals with many years of experience. With pride and satisfaction, we can say that our idea to create „Dworzysko” in this area turned out to be a bull’s-eye – says Józef Jodłowski, Staroste of Rzeszów.
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New investments will be built for the companies: Phoenix Contact E-Mobility and DB Schenker.
Phoenix Contact E-Mobility is part of the Phoenix Contact group – a world leader in innovation in the field of industrial automation and electrical engineering, which reaches with its solutions to over 100 countries, employing a total of approximately 18,000 people worldwide. In „Dworzysko” the company will include produce modern charging technology for electric cars, and components produced here will be exported to more than 10 Western European countries. The plant will be built on an area of approximately 15,000. sq m Cost of the entire investment: EUR 11.5 million. The facility will be commissioned at the turn of 2020 and 2021. Around 330 people will find work here. Knowledge of the local market is also importantThe next facility will be a transshipment terminal for BD Schenker. BD Schenker is a company with over 140 years of experience in logistics, serving industry and trade using land, air and ocean freight.A transshipment terminal built for it, with an area of 6,000 m2. will be built on a plot of 4 ha. The value of the planned investment (including the value of the land) – 9,725, .000 euros. 66 people will find employment in the construction of the terminal. The works are planned to be completed by the end of November this year.
– As part of the accompanying infrastructure, in both of these investments, among others: new parking spaces for cars, trucks and delivery vans will be built, solar collectors and energy-saving LED lighting will be installed. It is very important to assure the investor that business activity will be conducted here based on knowledge of the local market and cooperation with scientific and research units located in our region, as well as universities in the field of conducting apprenticeships and student internships in new establishments – he says – Waldemar Pijar, secretary of the Poviat Eldership, main coordinator of the PNT „Rzeszów – Dworzysko” project.
The investor, the Polish company Panattoni Development Company, belongs to the American group founded in 1986, which manages investments in 200 markets in Europe and North America and carries out orders for 2,500 clients worldwide. Panattoni’s first European office was established in 2005 in Poland. Currently, the group also has representative offices in Great Britain, Germany, the Czech Republic and Luxembourg. From the beginning of its activity, the company has implemented projects in Europe with a total area of over 8.3 million m2.