E-commerce boosts Polish parcel locker market
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E-commerce boosts Polish parcel locker market

Colliers’ latest report – “Parcel Lockers 2.0: Development, Innovation, Future “- shows the number of parcel lockers in Poland reaching 38,000 and expected to reach 45,000 by the end of 2024. Although its market share has decreased in the last two years, InPost is still the market leader.  According to ‘Parcel Lockers 2.0,’ a report…

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,…

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…

ORLEN’s H2 Academy
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ORLEN’s H2 Academy

Last year ORLEN Group launched H2 Academy, the first Polish education programme for hydrogen specialists in various industries, like manufacturing, aviation, shipping and transportation. So far two courses have been organised with a few dozen lecturers and experts for 60 students and graduates at several locations in Poland, like Anwill Włocławek (chemical facilities), Toyota Motor…

Creotech Satellite Fuelled In Orbit
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Creotech Satellite Fuelled In Orbit

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…

Poles undergo an accelerated course in investing
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Poles undergo an accelerated course in investing

Almost 40% of Poles under the age of 45 have some experience with investing, according to the results of the Investment Competence Index survey conducted by the Ipsos research company on behalf of the Port investment platform. The Investment Competence Index survey project is an initiative to check how Poles perceive the field of investment…

Polish firms look east, near and far
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Polish firms look east, near and far

Key takeaways from the “Destination: East. Current trends and attractive foreign expansion destinations in the face of geopolitical turbulence” report.  The Czech Republic, Romania and Ukraine in Central and Eastern Europe, and Japan, Kazakhstan and Malaysia in Asia are the most attractive countries for Poland’s foreign investors, according to the report “Destination: East. Current trends…

Warehouse sector set for 2024 uptick
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Warehouse sector set for 2024 uptick

Warehouse space set to enter a period of stable growth and development after the challenges of the past 12 months After 2023, when the logistics and warehouse industry struggled with rising rents and vacancy rates, warehouses are entering the new year with good prospects. Colliers experts expect rent stabilization and increased investment activity. Positive impacts…

7 work trends to keep an eye out for in 2024
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7 work trends to keep an eye out for in 2024

The transformation of the global labor market as a direct result of the pandemic and digital revolution is progressing. National borders will not be an obstacle to its spread. In 2023, companies finally said goodbye to the post-pandemic era as businesses started to reconsider which model of work will achieve the best results in the…

Obtaining Polish citizenship
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Obtaining Polish citizenship

Sylwia Ziemacka talked to Paweł M. Nowak, Attorney-at-law, Zespół Kancelarii Radców Prawnych Anety Ciechowicz-Jaworskiej, Bartłomieja Ślażyńskiego i Pawła Nowaka HOW CAN POLISH CITIZENSHIP BE ACQUIRED? Since Poland joined the European Union and a Polish passport thus became an EU passport, which guarantees its holder a number of rights in all member states, the value and…