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…
65% of war refugees who came to Poland from Ukraine are working. The current employment rate is currently the highest among OECD countries. Research conducted by the Polish Economic Institute (PIE) shows that Ukrainian refugees face various challenges in the Polish labor market and sometimes experience unequal treatment. In several of the industries surveyed that…
Polish IT and finance professionals are most likely to be hired by companies from the US, UK or Germany, according to the Global Hiring Report 2023 compiled by Deel. How did global employers fare in 2023, in which countries were employees hired from abroad, who was hired for which positions and how did the economic…
In the halls of the Zamoyski Palace in Warsaw, Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation Fabrice Filliez and Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway Øystein Bø – in cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Head of UNHCR in Poland Kevin Allen – opened a ceremony to celebrate the Nansen Refugee…
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…
SDS Optic expands its global footprint with a new R&D Center in Philadelphia. SDS Optic – a member of the Lublin Medicine Cluster – is commencing operations at a new R&D center in the United States. On January 16, its subsidiary, SDS Optic, signed an agreement with BioLabs Philadelphia to lease office and laboratory space….
The Minister of Digitization has appointed an advisory team on artificial intelligence. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digitization Krzysztof Gawkowski has established a PL/AI Artificial Intelligence Advisory Team for Poland, which will develop recommendations for using AI to improve specific areas of state operations, the Ministry of Digitization said in a press release. The…
HealthTech, FinTech, ClimatTech and FoodTech are the sectors that have a significant share in Poland in recent years, if we look at the number of deals and their growth. Although the Polish market as a whole is going through a rough patch, these four leitmotifs continue to entice investors and attract their attention and money….
Creotech Instruments from Poland signed EUR 400k contract with OHB Systems AG to engineer a satellite capable of docking and receiving fuel from another satellite orbiting Earth. OHB leads international consortium that realises this innovative project for the European Space Agency (ESA). In the beginning of 2024 Creotech started designing 60 kg satellite based on…
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 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…
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…
