Biggest investments in electricity industry, planned until 2010 will be launched next year. Tauron keeps its plans. Big soundings will be released probably in 2012. Most important for Tauron is to build a new energy coal of 910 MW block in Jaworzno. Costs of this investment is estimated on over 6 billion zloty. „We expect that contractor will be chosen in the middle of next year” – Dariusz Lubera, Tauron president says.
In first months of 2012, the auction for contractor will be resolved in Stalowa Wola. Building a new gas-power unit will consume c.a. 1.7-1.9 billions zloty. However after opening the envelopes, it turned out that costs can be lower. Cheapest offer was on 1.57 billion. Prices are better for investors, but the price is only a one of many indicators to chooose a contractor. Also PGE will start its works in Opole next year. It is one of flag-investments of this company. In November, the company chose the general contractor of two 900 MW energy units.
400 mln euro will spend investors from Luxemburg for a realization of the project of gigantic amusement park in Grodzisk Mazowiecki.
Soon, for a young Poles the Parisian Disneyland will not be longer a dream trip. Roller coasters, water slides and fairytale castles will be situated also 40 km from Warsaw.
Janusz Zakręcki, the president of PZL Mielec&Sikorsky Company, enumerates the advantages of Polish localization for American innovation’s centres: twice or even three times lower labour costs of Polish constructors, availability of well- educated staff of engineers, opportunities for subsidy for technological projects from state or EU sources. Hamilton has already started its innovative investments. Hamilton Sundstrand, construction centre employing 350 engineers is being built in the location of previous Hydral (present PZL Wrocław), which was taken over this year. 100 more constructors, specialists of auxiliary aircraft engines are hired in another factory, namely HS in Rzeszów. – The new products will be manufactured from the very beginning and then tested in innovative development centres. Next, they are going to reach Polish production in factories or foreign UTC’s sites, as Roman Staszewski, the president of Hamilton Standard in Podkarpacie declares.
President Darecki reminds that currently 350 scientists from 15 technical universities and engineers from many companies are working coherently on some new production technologies of materials and their processing for aviation. They are involved in biggest programme supported by state (worth 80 mln PLN) . Aeronet initiative meets against UTC’s plans. Last year the corporation spent 3.6 billion dollars on research and development. In the near future, starting from the next year, quite a considerable part of this delicacy will hit the land of Vistula.
United Technologies Corp., American concern, whose last year sale reached 54.3 billion dollars, is going to build the aerial innovation’s centres in Poland. In fact, final decisions are to be made in the near future.
The investments we talk about are worth millions of dollars and involve orders for laboratories, research groups in the leading universities of technology, subsequently, technological services‘ export.
American conglomeration (besides aviation, it deals with fire protection and security systems, as well as cranes, lifts and communicative devices) whose income in 2010 was 4.4 billion and which employ over 200 thousand specialists in 71 countries, was satisfied with business being done in Poland. Consequently, it aspires to bring the cooperation to the higher level.
In fact, the companies from UTC group already constitute the country potentates. PZL Mielec – Sikorsky Aircraft constructs Black Hawk helicopters, WSK from Rzeszów produces aircraft propulsions, Pratt&Whitney Kalisz supplies engine components, PZL Wrocław- Hamilton Sundstrand deals with hydraulics’ elements, as well as navigation systems.
On 22 July this year, the Council of Ministers published the objectives of the Minimum Wage Bill in its schedule of legislative and programme work. The Bill is to transpose Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union into Polish law.
The Bill:
- lays down the rules and procedure for setting and updating the minimum wage,
- appoints the Social Dialogue Council as a consultative body competent in matters related to setting and updating the minimum wage,
- regulates the reporting of the minimum wage,
- lays down the rules and procedure for setting and paying the minimum hourly rate.
Aid for energy-intensive sectors due to prices of natural gas and electricity in 2024. A new round of aid for energy-intensive sectors in connection with increased prices of natural gas and electricity will become available soon.
This will be the third scheme implementing the Act of 29 September 2022 on business aid schemes due to the energy market situation in 2022-2024.
Thu, Jul 25, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM CEST - Reden wir über Whistleblowing in Europa! Treffen Sie Experten aus Deutschland, Polen und Spanien beim Internationalen Experten-Rundtisch, einer Veranstaltung, die ganz dem Schutz von Hinweisgebern gewidmet ist. Erwerben Sie Expertenwissen über die Umsetzung von Whistleblowing-Praktiken in verschiedenen Ländern.
czytaj więcejThe Whistleblower Protection Act was published in the Journal of Laws on 24 June 2024. It introduces new requirements for, among other things, entities hiring at least 50 people. Smaller entities can also implement the solutions foreseen by this statute.
The obliged entities listed in the Whistleblower Protection Act have only three months to establish:
- effective, safe, confidential or anonymous channels for reporting breaches,
- procedure for reporting breaches (whistleblowing procedure),
- records of reports received.
International Expert Roundtable: e-Invoicing System (Poland, Germany, Romania, Turkey)
Event date 20 February 2024 online (the webinar will be in English)
Begin - end 10:00-11:15
A revolution in invoicing is coming. Is your company ready for it?
The e-invoicing system is a revolutionary tool for issuing and sharing structured invoices. Many countries are already using e-invoices in their daily work. How do you prepare to implement the system in your organisation? How does e-invoicing work in other countries?
Join us for a live-webinar where Rödl & Partner experts will describe the implementation of the e-Invoicing System in their countries: Poland, Germany, Romania and Turkey.