jump to navigation search the wa brzych special economic zone invest park founded 1997 headquarters ul . uczniowska 21 58 306 wa brzych poland number of locations 41 subzones in 4 voivodeships lower silesia opolskie wielkopolskie lubuskie area served international key people barbara ka nikowska website 1 the wa brzych special economic zone invest park has been established based on the ordinance by the polish council of ministers dated 15 april 1997 and will operate until december 31 2020 . it is situated in south west poland in dolnoslaskie opolskie wielkopolskie and lubuskie voivodship . the wsez invest park consists of 41 subzones located mainly in lower silesia province as well as wielkopolskie opolskie and lubuskie provinces . the total area of the wsez invest park is 2 212.23 hectares 22.1223 km2 . contents 1 history 2 zone in figures 3 at present 4 subject activities 5 location 6 subzones wa brzych special economic zone 7 public aid 8 inwestors in the wsez 9 countries of origin of investors 10 industries represented in the wsez 11 external links history edit the wa brzych special economic zone invest park is situated in south west poland in dolnoslaskie opolskie wielkopolskie and lubuskie voivodship . region where the zone has been established for hundred years was connected with the textile and mining industries . the region had also rich industrial traditions in such fields like machinery electricity ceramic mechanical engineering plastic processing and electrical engineering . liquidation of the coal mines that started at beginning of the 1990s had negative influence on state of cooperating plants including the mechanical electrical engineering and others supplying needs of mining . it resulted in rapid increase of unemployment . immediately the precaution actions have been taken at change this situation and restructure the existing plants . one of those solutions aiming to economic growth of the region was establishing of the wa brzych special economic zone . at the beginning it occupied space of 255 ha located within four subzones wa brzych dzier oni w nowa ruda and k odzko . the administration of the zone has been entrusted the wa brzych special economic zone invest park limited company with its head office in wa brzych . its main shareholders are the treasury of state which has decisive number of votes communes where there are subzones financing institutions banks and authority agencies including agency of industry development s.a. the task of the company is first of all to run a promotion of investment within the zone and to develop the zone by means of administration with property development of infrastructure and full qualified service of the investors . the managing company has got rights given by minister of economy to run bids and negotiations for sale of lands and the right of giving permissions for running a business within the zone . due to dynamic development of the zone and high land usage ratio of areas within the zone including fully occupancy of areas in several subzones by the end of year 2000 areas of the wsez systematically were enlarged and new subzones were established . starting from year 2004 new regulations entered into force enabling establishing of a subzone of the wsez for new area so far not included in the special economic zone . the condition to establish new subzone was realization of a new investment of value at least 40 million euro or creation of at least 500 new work places . among others following companies took advantage of the new regulation electrolux ibm wabco colgate palmolive and cadbury . next redletter year for wsez invest park was 2006 when areas located within the zone were developed in over 85 % . according to the amendments the zone gained nearly 500 ha of additional grounds at the beginning of 2007 . zone in figures edit changes within the area of the wa brzych special economic zone invest park in years 1997 2010 expressed in ha investment expenditures in the wa brzych special economic zone invest park in years 1997 2009 expressed in pln billion number of expenditures who decided to invest within the wsez in years 2004 2010 at present edit at present the wa brzych special economic zone is composed of 41 subzones of which 25 are situated within the dolno l skie voivodship i.e. wa brzych nowa ruda k odzko dzier oniow arow jelcz laskowice kudowa zdr j widnica wroc aw o awa strzelin strzegom brzeg dolny boles awiec wi z w wo w z bkowice l skie syc w wiebodzice bielawa bystrzyca k odzka twardog ra g ra and ole nica seven other areas are located in opolskie voivodship i.e. opole nysa namys w praszka kluczbork skarbimierz and prudnik eight in wielkopolskie voivodship i.e. krotoszyn rem wrze nia leszno ko cia rawicz jarocin and kalisz and one in lubuskie voivodship i.e. szprotawa . the wsez in total encompass space of about 2212 23 ha . main strong points of the zone are possible allowances against taxes for the investors and other encouragement . investing in the wa brzych special economic zone entrepreneur can get a public assistance amounting of up to 40 % in dolno l kie and wielkopolskie voivodship or up to 50 % in opolskie and lubuskie voivodship of incurred investment costs or two year labour cost of new employed workers . the economic assistance for small sized investors excluding road transport business is incereased by 20 % and in case of medium sized investors is incereased by 10 % all subzones have modern technical infrastructure . they are situated in geographically convenient location in relation to capital of lower silesia wroc aw and close to the borders of czech republic and germany . this is an additional strong point for investments within the zone . attractiveness of the zone is increased by well developed transport network road and railway systems and existing and reconstructed highway a4 and expressway s8 . the international airport situated in wroc aw makes possible fast both domestic and foreign air connection . very important factor from investment effectiveness point of view is the fact that labour costs in the region are lower than in other european countries and also relatively lower than in other regions of poland . attractive conditions for investment within the zone in connection with existing labour market economic potential of the region and favourable location shall guarantee the dynamics of development expected by the investors . businessmen investing in the zone may look forward to friendly attitude from the local authorities and to qualified assistance from the company managing the zone . subject activities edit the task of the company is first of all to run a promotion of investment within the zone and to develop the zone by means of administration with property development of infrastructure and full qualified service of the investors . the managing company has got rights given by minister of economy to run bids and negotiations for sale of lands and the right of giving permissions for running a business within the zone . location edit the wa brzych special economic zone invest park is in poland . the areas of the wa brzych special economic zone invest park are situated in south western part of poland in the centre of the europe in very close vicinity of the czech republic and germany what is its undeniable advantage . subzones wa brzych special economic zone edit lower silesia voivodeship boles awiec bielawa brzeg dolny dzier oni w jelcz laskowice k odzko kudowa zdr j nowa ruda o awa pi awa g rna strzegom strzelin syc w widnica wa brzych wi z w wo w wroc aw z bkowice l skie ar w twardog ra g ra ole nica wiebodzice bystrzyca k odzka lubusz voivodeship szprotawa opole voivodeship kluczbork namys w nysa opole praszka prudnik skarbimierz greater poland voivodeship kalisz krotoszyn rem wrze nia leszno jarocin kalisz rawicz public aid edit the wa brzych special economic zone invest park has been established based on the ordinance by the council of ministers dated 15 april 1997 until 2020 . during that time entrepreneurs investing within the area of the wsez can obtain public aid based on new investment s costs or based on creation of new work places related to a given investment in a form of income tax exemption . the lands included in the wa brzych special economic zone are owned by the wsez or communes shareholders of the company have clear legal status free from encumbrances and according to spatial development plans they are industrial areas . the lands are administrated by the wsez invest park sp . z o.o. which conducts procedure for issuing of a permit for conducting business activity within the zone and for sale of a real estate . all procedures related to purchase of plots for construction and receiving of a permit for conducting business activity within the zone which grants the right to receive public aid are conducted at one place . good developed road and railways networks as well as international airport in wroclaw plus close distance to borders with czech republic and germany is favorable for establishing cooperation and business contacts . in the case of the entrepreneurs taking advantage of the public aid connected with costs of new investment among these costs are included costs for grounds or their perpetual usufruct purchasing price purchasing price or cost for creation within one s capacity fixed assets on the condition that they are included according to the regulations into the taxpayer s property the fixed assets purchased by an entrepreneur other than small or medium should be new costs of extension or modernization of existing fixed assets purchasing price of intangible assets related to transfer of technology by purchasing patent rights licences know how or unpatented technology knowledge but in the case of other than small and medium entrepreneurs the investment s costs are considered in the costs which qualify to be covered by the aid in the amount that is not higher than 50 % of value of the costs qualify to be covered by aid . the costs related to the purchasing of assets covered by renting or tenancy other than ground buildings and structures are taken into consideration only when renting or tenancy is in finance leasing form and includes liability of purchasing the assets when the period of renting or tenancy is over . regarding the renting or tenancy of ground buildings and structures the renting or tenancy must last for the period of at least 5 years from the scheduled period of termination of the investment project and in the case of small and medium entrepreneurs at least 3 years . in case the entrepreneur benefits from public aid based on new investment s costs he can obtain public aid up to 40 % of investment costs qualified for inclusion in the public aid in lower silesia and wielkopolskie voivodeship and 50 % of investment costs qualified for inclusion in the public aid in opolskie and lubuskie voivodeship . however the entrepreneur is not allowed to transfer in any form the ownership of elements of the assets with which the investment expenditures were connected for a 5 years period 3 years for small and medium size entrepreneur counting from the date of inputting into fixed assets register and intangible and legal assets according to provisions on income tax and the entrepreneur is obliged to conduct business activity for the time not shorter than 5 years 3 years for small and medium size entrepreneur . the minimum amount of investment costs which are described above amounts 100 000 euro . other condition which must be fulfilled to apply for public aid based on new investment is the share of entrepreneur s own founds understood as founds which were not received as a part of granted public aid at the amount of at least 25 % of the total cost of a