A state-of-the-art and highly automated production facility and engineering R&D centre for battery modules and energy storage systems will be set up in Gdańsk. It will be built by Northvolt, a European supplier of high-quality cells and battery systems. The company promises to create up to 500 new jobs. The implementation of this investment will be supported within the Polish Investment Zone.

Industry is growing for the eighth month in a row. After elimination of seasonal factors, industrial sales increased by 5.7% y/y and 1.7% m/m.

Polish-German economic cooperation, the issue of minimum wages in the EU countries and the situation on the labour market in the era of the coronavrius pandemic – these are the main topics of the meeting of Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin and Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Labour and Technology Iwona Michałek, with German Minister of Labour and Social Policy Hubertus Heil.

The Wave of Renovation Strategy prepared by the European Commission was the subject of a meeting organised by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark in Warsaw, attended by Anna Kornecka, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Labour and Technology.

Poland recorded a 10-fold increase in trade balance in foreign trade in 2020 – according to preliminary data of the CSO, it has increased from 5.1 billion Polish zlotys in 2019 to 53.7 zlotys. This is one of the best results across the entire EU. Last year, despite the pandemic, exports from Poland increased by 2.8% y/y and reached 1,051.9 billion zlotys. Exports expressed in euro amounted to 237.5 billion euros (a slight decrease of 0.3%).

Despite extremely difficult circumstances last year, countries of the Visegrad Group are doing well compared to other European countries, emphasised Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development, Labour and Technology, Jarosław Gowin.

The upcoming meeting of the Polish-Georgian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation was the main topic of the bilateral meeting of Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Labour and Technology Robert Tomanek and the Ambassador of Georgia Ilia Darchiashvili.

The Polish preparations for the 2020 EXPO in Dubai, the opportunities the trade show affords to Polish companies, as well as the return to the fast track of economic growth in the aftermath of the pandemic were the main topics of today's meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin and the Board of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency.

“This is an example of responsible, gradual and prudent easing of restrictions placed on the economy,” said Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development, Labour and Technology Jarosław Gowin, commenting on the government's decision to open hotels, cinemas, theatres and ski slopes on 12 February. The Deputy Prime Minister announced that all forms of assistance would be continued for entrepreneurs whose sectors and companies are still covered by the restrictions.

At the initiative of the British side, a videoconference was held at the Ministry of Economic Development, Labour and Technology, attended by Minister of State for Trade Policy in the Department for International Trade of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Greg Hands and Robert Tomanek, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Labour and Technology. The debate focused on identifying potential issues, which may crop up immediately after the transition period and working together to expand bilateral trade and investment relations.