Euro-Park Mielec Special Economic Zone
Industrial Development Agency Mielec Branch
ul. Partyzantów 25, 39-300 Mielec
tel. (48 17) 7887236, fax (48 17) 7887769
e-mail:mailto:eurpark@europark.com.pl
http://www.europark.com.pl/
Profile of the region
Mielec is a well developed powiat (county) town in the Podkarpackie province of South Eastern Poland. Mielec is situated 270 km from Warsaw and only about 150 km from Ukrainian and Slovakian borders, in a region of strong industrial traditions. Another advantage of Mielec is its available infrastructure for transportation and communication, which includes: convenient road connections in all directions, rail spur and sidings connecting also to wide-gauge rail spur designed for transport to Ukraine, Russia and China, local airport with landing allowables to support both passenger and cargo services. The Mielec Powiat (county) includes the town of Mielec which occupies an area of 46 sq km and consists of 10 boroughs. The Powiat's population is 134,000 of whom 65,000 are the residents of Mielec itself.
Mielec is known as an industrial centre, especially as a producer of high quality aviation products and automotive components. The long tradition of industrial activity has created a large, highly experienced workforce that is capable of meeting and exceeding global standars in almost any industry. The experienced workforce is capable of adapting to new jobs and requirements with little or no training. Mielec also boasts a highly qualified managerial staff and well-developed education and training base, ranging from elementary and vacational schools to university branches and colleges in business, management, engineering, technology and computer science. University and college graduates can also be recruited from Business School of Economy and Management launched in Mielec in 1999, as well as from academic centres in Kraków, Lublin or nearby Rzeszów. Independent of the above mentioned base in Mielec, there are a number of organisations which provide training aimed at raising the qualifications or enabling professional retraining for the unemployed.
The Practical Training Centre of Mielec has been running since September 1997, providing tailor-made courses for local employers. There are also numerous foreign language schools in the area. Mielec has many institutions, which make commercial activity easier, like: 3 telephone services providers, large train and bus depots, municipal bus transportation, branch offices of 10 Polish banks and other business service providers. The area surrounding Mielec has many facilities for rest and recreation, as well as many venues for business meetings and conferences (including historical castles with appropriately adapted facilities). Visitors can count on accommodation in local hotels. Individuals planning longer stay can rent an apartment or town house through one of the city's real estate agencies. Mielec has also land available for development including single family homes for those interested in relocating to Mielec. Local design offices developers and construction firms are ready to provide their services to potential builders.
Profile of Euro-Park Mielec
EURO-PARK MIELEC, the first Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Poland was opened on 6th October 1995. It occupies an area of 739.1222 ha together with a 350 ha airfield. These are areas formerly belonging to the state-owned WSK "PZL-Mielec", which in consequence of drastic transformations
Branch structure of industry in the Zone
Preferred types of investment in Euro-Park Mielec
The Zone's development strategy anticipates the development of enterprises associated with electric machines and metals industries and assumes the development of new aspects such as building construction elements, pharmaceutics, food processing.
Light industry agricultural food processing is facilitated by the resources of the town itself, as well as the whole region. The region as a Powiat includes 10 well managed boroughs including those of an agricultural character. The food branch can count on a clean ecological environment that draws on excellent water from deep wells and supplies from local sources.
There are also traditions of production of various building elements and many small and medium firms and people with appropriate qualifications.
Investment priorities include the following branches:
- Automotive
- Electronics and electro-technology
- Food
- Packaging.
The management company of the Zone is:
Industrial Development Agency S.A.
Mielec Branch
ul. Partyzantów 25, 39-300 Mielec
tel.: (+48 17) 7887236,
fax.: (+48 17) 7887769
e-mail: europark@europark.com.pl
http://http://www.europark.com.pl/