MIPIM 2024
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MIPIM 2024: New challenges for the real estate market

The global real estate market is slowly recovering from the turbulence of recent years, and MIPIM 2024, organized for the 33rd time from March 12 to 15, 2024 at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, has attracted the world’s most important players in the industry, as well as investors, bankers and politicians – including office…

Budimex Constructs Rail Baltica in Latvia
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Budimex Constructs Rail Baltica in Latvia

In the end of December 2023 Eiropas Dzelzceļa Līnijas implementing the Latvian part of Rail Baltica project signed € 3.7b contract with the winning consortium ERB RAIL composed of Eiffage Génie Civil (France), Budimex (Poland) and  Rizzani de Eccher (Italy) to construct 230 km of high-speed railway in Latvia. Now technical documentation and formalities are…

Polish Unitrailer aims to be European market leader
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Polish Unitrailer aims to be European market leader

Polish trailer manufacturer Unitrailer has acquired 100% of Dutch company Henra Aanhangwagens and outlined plans to  become the leader of the European market within two years, aiming for a 10-13% market share. Unitrailer Holding – Poland’s commercial trailer market leader with a gross vehicle weight of up to 3.5 tons – in February bought Henra…

E-mobility on the move, but govt. lags
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E-mobility on the move, but govt. lags

Key takeaways from the “Polish EV Outlook Index,” published by the PSPA, IBRM Samar and OTOMOTO. The electromobility market is growing, though with more determination and support for sustainable transportation by the government, BEV sales in Poland would have exceeded 45,000 last year, the PSPA estimates. 20,000 new all-electric passenger and commercial vehicles were registered…

ESG key to attracting investors and employees
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ESG key to attracting investors and employees

According to the latest Navigating ESG: ABSL’s 2023 Overview report, more than 70% of companies in the business services industry have introduced global ESG strategies to their branches in Poland.  Defining and implementing ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) policies, integrated with an organization’s business goals, helps build innovation and prepares companies for changing stakeholder and employee…

Northvolt opens Business Scaling Center in Gdansk
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Northvolt opens Business Scaling Center in Gdansk

Northvolt, a manufacturer of environmentally sustainable battery cells and systems, has decided to establish a Business Scaling Center in Gdansk along with a Research and Development Center for IT services. Northvolt is growing rapidly and currently employs 5,500 people. For the foreseeable future, much of the expansion and employment growth will take place in Europe,…

Scanway links up with Korea’s Nara Space Technology

Scanway links up with Korea’s Nara Space Technology

Scanway has entered into a partnership with Korea’s Nara Space Technology, which specializes in satellite manufacturing and remote sensing. Scanway entered into a cooperation agreement with Nara Space Technology, one of Korea’s leading entities in satellite manufacturing, remote sensing and artificial intelligence, on January 30.  The goal of the cooperation is to develop a microsatellite…

LG Energy Solution Wroclaw to supply batteries for e-buses in Europe
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LG Energy Solution Wroclaw to supply batteries for e-buses in Europe

Over the next three years, LG Energy Solution will deliver around 200,000 units of battery modules produced at its plant near Wroclaw to GigafactoryX in Pruszkow, where they will be assembled into battery packs and systems. The delivered batteries will support the production of nearly 3,000 large commercial electric vehicles. LG Energy Solution Wroclaw. Largest…

Investing in DeepTech
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Investing in DeepTech

The development of dual-use technologies is supporting the Polish economy and security. The Ministry of Development and Technology has summarized the IDA Technology Companies Accelerator Program – the Innovative Dual-Use Technology Accelerator, designed for innovative entities registered in Poland that want to start cooperating with the defense sector and address the challenges that affect the…