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Established in 1997, The Łódź Special Economic Zone covers the Łódź Voivodeship, part of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship and the eastern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The zone is located at the intersection of two highways A1 (north-south) and A2 (east-west). There are two international airports located on the zone's territory (Warsaw and Łódź) and an extensive cargo rail network, including the Poland-China railway connection (Łódź-Chengdu) – these give the Łódz Special Economic Zone a huge logistic potential. Its strategic location, access to well-educated employees, as well as tax incentives, have made the Łódź SEZ in recent years, among the world's leading zones, in the ranking prepared by the FDI Magazine (part of the Financial Times group).

Zone map: divided into Voivodships and Poviats

Advantages and successes of the Łódź SEZ:

for over 8 years, the Łódz Special Economic Zone has been building a nationwide innovation centre and creating a local ecosystem for supporting startups. Thanks to this, every current and new investor of the Łódz SEZ has direct access to modern technologies,

implementation of acceleration programs combining the potential of young technology companies with the experience, resources and infrastructure of mature business (experience: support for over 200 startups and over PLN 65 million in financial grants for the development and testing of technologies in cooperation with business),
The Łódz SEZ, as one of the 11 centres in Poland that have been granted the status of the European Digital Innovation Hub, implements, in cooperation with its Partners, the Rethink Digital Hub, which offers free digital transformation services for SMEs; The scope of the program's activities covers areas such as Industry 4.0, artificial intelligence, virtual/augmented reality and cybersecurity

ŁSEZ provides support in the form of CIT or PIT exemptions for individuals conducting business there. By investing in the Łódź SEZ, an entrepreneur may benefit from income tax exemption in the amount of up to 60% of eligible investment costs,
the advantage of the zone is its wide range of support activities. The Zone offers support to enterprises from the manufacturing industry, modern business services (BPO / SSC / IT) and those engaged in R&D,
The Technical School of Automation and Robotics is a prestigious and modern seat of vocational education, meeting the needs of employers. The creation of the Technical School resulted in the creation of professionals of the future - automation and robotics technicians,
The RozwoYou Zone supports the development of competences of employees and owners of companies based in the Łódź Voivodeship,
The Transformation Zone is a project that gives employees, especially from the mining and energy sectors from the Bełchatów region, an opportunity to improve their qualifications, competences or retrain.

The total amount of capital expenditure incurred by all companies operating in the Zone, since its inception until now: approx. PLN 36 billion
Total employment in the Zone: 110,000 jobs created
Leading sectors: household appliances, food, plastics processing, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, machinery, IT/BPO

Results and awards:
For years, the Łódź Special Economic Zone has been the leader among the 14 special economic zones operating in Poland, in terms of the pace of development, invested capital and the number of new jobs. This is reflected in independent, prestigious rankings, among others, fDi Magazine as part of the Free Zones of the Year, in which, in addition to confirming its position among special economic zones operating globally, it has received awards in recent years, among others, for specialization in the household appliances industry, support for industry 4.0, readiness to implement 5G technology, support for startups and for support for talent development (among others, Strefa RozwoYou, Technical School of Automation and Robotics).

Major investors in the Zone:

Investor	Country of origin	Sector
DAIKIN Manufacturing Poland Sp. z o.o.	Japan	machinery
Uma Investments Sp. z o.o.	USA	food
Progroup Board Sp. z o.o.	Germany	paper
Beko Poland Manufacturing	Germany	household appliances
Gilette Poland International Sp. z o.o.	Luksembourg	manufacture of blades and razors
Adamed Pharma S.A.	Poland	pharmaceuticals
ZPOW Agros Nova Sp. z o.o. Sp. k.	Poland	food
BSH Sprzęt Gospodarstwa Domowego Sp. z o.o.	Germany	household appliances
HTL-Strefa S.A.	Sweden	medical
Procter & Gamble Operations Polska Sp. z o.o.	The Netherlands	cosmetics and hygiene prod.
Colian Sp. z o.o.	Poland	food
Corning Optical Fiber Polska Sp. z o.o.	USA	electronic
Borg Warner Mobility Poland Sp. z o.o.	USA	automotive
Jeronimo Martins Polska S.A.	The Netherlands	food
NewCold Kutno Sp. z o.o.	The Netherlands	logistics/warehousing
Euroglas Polska Sp. z o.o.	Germany	flat glass manufacture
Ceramika Paradyż Sp. z o.o.	Poland	construction
Animex Foods	Poland	food
Haering Polska Sp. z o.o.	Germany	machinery
Sirmax Polska Sp. z o.o.	Italy	automotive
Ceramika Tubądzin	Poland	construction

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Zone Management

Lodz Special Economic Zone S.A.

ul. Ks. Biskupa Wincentego Tymienieckiego 22G
90-349 Łódź
phone: +48 42 676 27 53, +48 42 676 27 54
e-mail: info@sse.lodz.pl
https://sse.lodz.pl

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