Lenovo invests in Poland

PC giant Lenovo will build a computer manufacturing center in the Legnica SEZ

Chinese firm Lenovo, the world's third-largest personal-computer manufacturer, will invest over $20 (zł.49.3) million on the construction of a manufacturing plant in the Legnica Special Economic Zone in western Poland. Construction is expected to be complete by Q3 of 2008.

Apart from product assembly and configuration, the company's activities in Poland will include product distribution, logistics and value-added services. It is expected to employ 1,000 people by 2010. Production will be targeted towards the markets of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The first year of operation is expected to see the production of some two million computers. After this, the plant will increase its production to five million units annually.

Lenovo employs over 23,000 people worldwide and has offices in 66 countries. In Central Europe it is present in Hungary, where it has a manufacturing plant, and in Slovakia, where it has a client service center.

Milko van Duijl, president of Lenovo Europe, Middle East and Africa said that the company was looking to invest more in the region since the company is "happy with [its] activities in CEE."

Paweł Olszynka, an IT specialist at PMR Consulting, was cautiously optimistic about the investment.

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