IFA Powertrain Poland, a subsidiary of the German company of automotive IFA Rotorion, will invest 100 million euros in the construction of a new factory in Ujazd (Opole). The plant will begin in early 2017. Initially employ 90 people, and ultimately – 2020. – More than 400.
The investment announced Thursday Opole Centre for Economic Development (OCRG) at which operates the Investor Service Centre and Exporter. The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the plant is scheduled for July 21. The plant will produce drive shafts, with an annual production will reach approximately two million units.
The investment of IFA Rotorion in Poland is connected with the acquisition by it of Daimler production section driveshafts. The German company, specializing in the production of drive shafts and joints, expanded in this way your portfolio, gaining access to the rapidly growing market for light and small cars and electric vehicles. The company ensures that in addition to supplying products to the Daimler factory in the Opole region has also produce shafts for other recipients.
The investment has already begun. The factory will be built on nearly 12 hectares included in the Katowice Special Economic Zone. Will be moved there production machinery from Mettingen in Germany. Investor emphasizes that during the process of moving machines to Polish will be maintained continuity of production and supply for Daimler.
Ujazd will manufacture driveshafts for the Mercedes C-class, E and S – initial 2 million units per year, but production will be gradually grew – until in 2020. employment in excess of 400 employees.
Director OCRG Roland spindle said that the decision of the IFA about the choice of location in the Ujazd fell in late January and February of this year, and in June the company became the owner of 12 hectares of land.
Investor OCRG contacted by telephone in November 2015. the German company received a package of information and data on investment areas in the Opole region. It was already in the possession of, among others, presentation of investment potential of the province. Opole and folder dedicated to the automotive industry in the region.
– In December we visited together the commune Ujazd – said Ewa Dudik, chief specialist of operating at OCRG Center Investor and Exporter. In her opinion, venture IFA is an example of an investment project, in which investment decisions and next steps of the whole process was carried out extremely efficiently.
Since December took place a few visits of representatives of the IFA in the region, organized by the Opole Investor Service Centre and exporter. Investor met, among others, with representatives of the District Labour Office in Strzelce Opole, Katowice Special Economic Zone, and the Center for Practical Training and Learning in Kedzierzyn-Kozle. – In this way, the IFA verify its approach to competing locations. We know that it was still considered a number of countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Western – Dudik added.
Representatives of the investor indicate that by entering the production sector driveshafts Rotorion IFA continues the implementation of the development plan. After the takeover in 2006. Rotorion company in Friedrichshafen, Germany, and the development of new projects in South Carolina (USA) and Shanghai (China), the company enter the automotive market in Eastern Europe – just with a new factory in the province. Opole.
“We have to defend our leadership position in the area of the longitudinal components of the propulsion system in Europe and North America in recent years. With the expansion in its portfolio, we are now able to reach into the rapidly growing market for light vehicles, including especially important in the future electric vehicle market “- he said in a press release quoted CEO Felix von Nathusius.
Rotorion IFA is one of the world’s largest producers of longitudinal powertrain components, with annual sales of close to half a billion euros. This places it among the top 50 automotive suppliers in Germany. It employs a total of over 2.5 thousand. workers in factories in Handelsleben in Germany, Charleston (USA) and Shanghai (China). The company manufactures drive shafts, joints and other components for car manufacturers such as Mercedes, Volkswagen, BMW, Porsche or Ferrari. The company also develops services in the field of drive technology for light construction.
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