Warsaw (Puls Biznesu) – Slovakian media say that Dell has chosen Poland to build its second computer plant in Europe. Officially, there are no decisions but unofficial sources believe good news will soon be announced.
The world’s biggest producer of PC gave up building its plant in Nitra, Slovakia where it had 80 ha of land reserved and has chosen Lodz, central Poland, Slovakian daily “Pravda” said yesterday quoting a source close to Slovakian Ministry of Economy. The U.S. giant is looking for a site to build a computer plant worth at least EUR 100m where over 2,500 people would be employed.
“We cannot confirm the news because no final decision has been made yet”, Rafal Branowski, the marketing director of the Polish unit in Dell said.
“We cannot say anything about it”, Marek Michalik, the deputy mayor of Lodz answered.
“We have not received any new document from Dell. The representatives of this company have not visited Lodz special economic zone either”, Maciej Rapkiewicz, the CEO of the zone added.
According to unofficial sources, however, the situation looks much better.
“This is going to be a decision which should make the Poles happy”, a person close to Dell said.
“Talks are going on and they are getting more and more intensive so the news from Slovakia is another proof for what we are observing”, a person taking part in the negotiations said.
Dell has just one plant in Europe: in Ireland. Besides, it has production facilities in the USA, Brazil, China. Dell estimates that it is the first PC producer in the USA, the second one in Europe and the third in Japan. The company founded in 1984 by Michael Dell is 25 on the Fortune 500 list. The company listed on Nasdaq has sales of USD 56.7 billion and employs 69,700 people worldwide.