The new plant will produce components needed in the chemical industry.
The plant will be built on two plots with a total area of 1.178 ha. Eight production lines will be launched there. Investment value – over PLN 33 million. The plant’s completion is planned for the end of December 2020. Around 30 professionals will find work here, including technologists, production employees and sales and marketing employees.
Roha works with many technology partners to develop new and innovative products. These products are used, among others in food, beverages, animal feeds, cosmetics. They also have other applications in many industries such as the production of plastics, paints, household goods.
– The appearance of this kind of international company on our market significantly contributes to strengthening and diversifying the local economy. New investors who see the indisputable advantages of „Dworzyska” are proof that our poviat and region are becoming more and more attractive, also for foreign capital – says Starosta Józef Jodłowski.
Development of smart specializations.
Roha has been around since 1972. The headquarters are in India, in the city of Roha. The company has foreign offices in 23 countries. Production centers are located in the USA, Great Britain, Spain, South Africa, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, China, Egypt and Mexico. Product sales are directed to 55 countries around the world.
Roha’s technological and commercial possibilities will now be able to be used also on the local Podkarpackie market.
– Roha’s investment planned in „Dworzysk” is part of the development of „smart specializations” of the Podkarpackie region. The company assures that – for example – the next stage of the investment will be the construction of a research and development center with laboratories, which will be established in cooperation with the Rzeszów University of Technology – says – Waldemar Pijar, secretary of the Rzeszowski District, main coordinator of the „Rzeszów – Dworzysko” PNT project.
This is important because one of the assets of companies that want to create new jobs in PNT Rzeszów-Dworzysko is to ensure that their business activity is innovative. The principle adopted during the recruitment and selection of future investors is because they obtain a positive opinion of a research and development or scientific center in the field of project innovation.