Given indicator of the number of registered establishments per 10 thousand. residents, unrivaled in the country turns out to be a municipality Karpacz. There is more business than people.
At the other end of the ranks Górowo Iławeckie, village near the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast. Its inhabitants live from cross-border trade. However, this is not in the statistics.
Last year was another in a row, in which increased production of footwear in Poland. On the tape rolled out 36.4 million pairs of shoes. It’s about more than 6 percent. more than last year – according to the latest CSO data. Thus, almost dogoniono best in this respect, 2006., When production exceeded 37 million pairs.
This data is not complete, because they do not take into account the production of micro and small businesses. And this is counted in millions of pairs per year. Thus, the total production of footwear in Poland more than 40 million pairs. Industry is recovering, because manufacturers are trying to become independent from China. Forcing them to do so, consumers expecting better quality footwear produced in small series. Also forces the weather, which requires companies to respond quickly to changing temperatures.
– Cycle shoe in Poland is three weeks, allowing for rapid introduction of new models to produce and sell and make replays best-selling models of the collection. In the case of shoes produced in Asia production cycle reaches up to six months – explains Peter Nowjalis, vice president of the board of the CCC, which in Polkowice is not only the largest, but also one of the most modern in Europe, shoe factories. Composed of 10 factory assembly lines since last year working in two shifts. It arises every year 2.5 million from 3 million pairs of shoes manufactured by the company in the country. The remaining 500 thousand. CCC par national commissions subcontractors.
The trend is gaining so the entire industry, not just plants and employed by manufacturers transferring production to Polish from China. Especially since the case is not an isolated CCC. Gino Rossi last year produced 520 thousand. pairs of shoes, of which 80 per cent. at its facilities in Slupsk, and 20 per cent. at national and European suppliers. – Ensures us greater flexibility and security of supply than outsourcing production abroad. Also important is the quality of the components. In Europe, we have many suppliers of high quality leather, which is relatively difficult to find in the Far East – the president Gino Rossi explains Thomas Malicki.
Slupsk factory over the years to build up its position. At the beginning, more than 20 years ago, the daily production per shift does not exceed 100-150 pairs. Today, it is from 1,000 to 1,100 pairs of shoes. – In comparison with 2013. Our production capacity has significantly increased since last year we bought a second plant in the area of Slupsk. Powers of the first are approx. 240 thousand. pairs per year. New produces approx. 160 thousand. pairs of shoes a year – says Tomasz Malicki.
According to experts, we are witnessing a new industrial revolution. Although we are still far from the scale of production, of which our country was known in the communist era – arose then even 140 million pairs per year – in terms of quality, not only be compared to, but pierce other countries in Europe. – I used to have produced a lot of cheap shoes. Today, footwear produced in the country ranks at least in the medium price segment. It is not only the modern machinery that arrived to the factories, but with modern technology and design – explains Mariusz daubster, vice president of the Polish Chamber of Leather Industry.
As a result, it puts our country on the fifth place in Europe in terms of production, behind Italy, Spain, Portugal and Romania. Polish factories reputation is well known not only in the country but also abroad. – It makes companies from Italy, Germany and Scandinavia are beginning to outsource their production to our plants – Mariusz daubster lists. Sensation abroad do not just women’s high heels, men’s shoes and children’s shoes from the Polish. Our country also grows a specialist of special purpose shoes. Thus, for example. The German Bundeswehr ordered shoes in Polish factories of technologies developed by our specialists. With such production is famous for, among others, a plant belonging to the company Kupczak Products from Krotoszyn, which is the only one in the country has a license to use the shoes breathable membrane Gore-Tex.
– But in Poland created a modern clogs that combine wood lightweight and comfortable underside of polyurethane, moreover, procure them in our factories Scandinavians, who are famous for this kind of shoes. Our clogs check in hospitals around the world – says Mariusz daubster. As noted by Bartek CEO Paul Bartnicki, in Poland there are all known in the world of shoes production technologies. – As a result, it is possible to produce not only very flexible, but light Shine – Bartnicki added, which produces 600 thousand. pairs of shoes, of which 65 per cent. in Poland. And even in the 90′s production reached 80 thousand. par.
The influx of modern technology and machinery for making domestic factories, however, that with the increase in production does not increase employment in the footwear industry. For many years, it remains stable. Increased production is also makes imports of footwear is being reduced to Polish. The last reliable data come from the 2013. And show that then the Polish imported 117 million pairs of shoes. In 2012,. Imports amounted to 102 million pairs. Also, because the Polish manufacturers outsource production to subcontractors not only our country, but also from other European countries. Native plants have too small processing capacities.
– That’s why we cooperate among with companies from Belarus and Slovakia. Within two years, however, we want to renovate our factory in Radom, which today is closed. Will have a capacity greater than twice the factory in Minsk Mazowiecki, and this produces 150 thousand. pairs of shoes a year – says Paul Bartnicki. And he adds that when you start a new factory orders in Europe will be limited. Plans to expand production capacity are also different. Therefore, the next year may bring a further increase in the production of shoes in Poland. In January and February of this year, according to the Central Statistical Office, has given rise to 10 percent. footwear in the country more than a year ago. Production in Poland will also be increasing because of the strong dollar. For this reason, the production of leather shoes in small quantities in China today costs by 20 percent. more than in Poland.
Manufacture of wearing apparel also returns to the country
It’s all about heavy clothes, more complex in terms of forms and cut, as coats, suits and jackets. The quality of these goods is more important than in the case of simple clothes, such as skirts or shirts. And puts her more and more companies, especially offering clothes from the middle and upper segments. Meanwhile, factories in China are not able to cope with this task. Otherwise lose in terms of delivery time, which lasts for weeks.
Located in Europe, including Poland, while plants have extensive experience in the production of complex clothing. As a result of last year, according to the Central Statistical Office, the production of women’s coats in domestic factories increased by over 18 per cent., To 449 thousand. pieces, jackets boys about 7 per cent., to 795 thousand. pieces, and shirts and blouses by 5.4 per cent., to 2.3 million units. Beginning of the year brought a continuation of the upward trend. In addition, there was a rebound in the production of women’s pants and shorts, which have in the past year has been on a downward trend, with 10 per cent., To 362 thousand. pieces. Manufacturers say that in recent times also comes orders for custom-made suits.
Experts point out, however, that such a dynamic increase in the production of clothing does not have to be maintained in subsequent years. And it will not effect the resignation of all manufacturers of production in our factories, but the lack of staff. In recent years, the liquidation of vocational schools have been educating employees of the industry. Specialists in most of the age of retirement. Association of Producers of Clothing and Textiles Leviathan then decided to make an effort to prevent the re-collapse of production in Poland. Since September of this year, will change the core curriculum in vocational schools. They will be able to obtain not only – so far – the title of technician clothing technology, but technology and the title of the fashion industry. As a result, young people will be better prepared to work in the industry.
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