1 - Kalisz

Kalisz
Kalisz, the oldest city in Poland and the heart of Kalisz-Ostrów
Agglomeration – is one of the leaders of innovative development.
Our city builds its potential on well-educated inhabitants, a dynamically
developing labour market and a direct neighbourhood of large industrial
centres – Wrocław, Poznań and Łódź.
Thanks to the activity of modern didactic centres, including the
innovative Didactic Centre of Gear Wheels Testing of State University of
Applied Sciences in Kalisz, the city is ready to deal with the most requiring
investments. The projects developed by business support organizations,
including the Wielkopolska Aviation Cluster or the Kalisz Business
Incubator Foundation, effectively contribute to the deepening of the
cooperation between entrepreneurs representing different sectors of
manufacturing and the services.
The crossroads of the national roads No 12 and No 25, the proximity of
the A2 highway from Berlin to Moscow and the expressway S8 contribute
to a location for investments which require a development of logisticstransport infrastructure. We are proud that nowadays Kalisz, the second
largest city in the region, is on its way to be called the “technopoly of
Southern Wielkopolska”.
Kalisz can offer nearly 60 ha of attractive investment lands located
amongst others in the Economic Zone of Dobrzec-West and Kalisz
Subzone belonging to the Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone ,INVEST –
PARK’. Entrepreneurs who locate their activity in Kalisz are provided with
investment support, which includes exemption from a property tax up to
a maximum of 5 years. What is more, the Kalisz Special Economic Zone
gives a possibility for the reduction of an income tax up to 45% of the
eligible costs arising from the development of a new investment or the
creation of new jobs.
Entrepreneurs from aviation, food, motorcycle and logistics
industry have trusted us so far. I invite you to invest in Kalisz – the city
which connects wonderful history and the richness of past centuries with
innovation and creativity of the inhabitants.
Grzegorz Sapiński
The Mayor of Kalisz
The technopoly
of Southern Wielkopolska
The Wielkopolska Province is one of the fastest developing
regions in Poland. The economic strength of the region lies in a
substantial share of foreign capital in investment expenditure
and the high potential of well-educated inhabitants, ready to
take on challenges.
Kalisz builds its economic potential
Intelligent specialisations of the region include:
aviation industry: Pratt & Whitney Kalisz Sp. z o.o., Meyer Tool
Poland Sp. z o.o., WSK „PZL – Kalisz” SA, Hamilton Sundstrand
Kalisz Sp. z o.o., VAC AERO Kalisz Sp. z o.o., Teknequip Kalisz
Sp. z o.o.
• production of bio raw materials and food – food industry
• furniture industry and industrial design
• aviation industry, motorcycle industry, machinery repairs
• specialised logistics processes
• modern medical technologies
• ICT services, including information-communication technologies in modern solutions for business.
The Wielkopolska Province is a region
which stands out on a country level with:
• dynamic development of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) –
higher than the national average
in the
region on the basis of numerous investments of enterprises
from the following sectors: aviation, food, motorcycle and
logistics. Below is the list of companies which are developing
their business projects in the oldest city in Poland:
food industry: Winiary Nestle Polska SA, Jutrzenka Colian
SA, FPH „PAULA” Sp. z o.o., „FRUCTON” Przetwórnia Owoców
i Warzyw K. i P. Grzegorczyk Sp. J., Planet Food Sp. z o.o. Sp.k.,
KenayAG, Calfrost Sp. z o.o., Kilargo Sp. z o.o.
light industry: BIG STAR Limited., FWR Runotex SA,
Grupa Wistil - Fabryka Firanek i Koronek „HAFT” SA
electromechanical industry: Teknia Kalisz Sp. z o.o., Wega A
Sp. z o.o., Zetor Polska Sp. z o.o., Zentex Sp. z o.o.
logistics: Raben Polska Sp z o.o., TEL real estate developer,
PST OST SPED Sp. z o.o.
• activity of more than 50 companies from the list of 500
largest enterprises in Poland
household goods production: SCHNEE Polska Sp. z o.o.,
„Reco Polska” Sp. z o.o., „Newplast Poland” Sp. z o.o., Bundy
Refrigeration Sp. z o.o.
• the Province generates nearly 10% of the country’s GDP.
high technology industry: Novamedia Innovision Sp. z o.o.
Extended communication links, including expressways and
opportunities linked to the development of fast trains make
the Province attractive and Kalisz is the second largest city in
the Province with more than 100,000 inhabitants.
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Kalisz in numbers
Labour market Education
and higher
education
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
number of inhabitants: 103 373
POZNAŃ
KALISZ
ŁÓDŹ
9,6%
6,1%
5,5%
in Poland
n the Wielkopolska
Province
in Kalisz
the surface: 69,4 km2
he dominating employment:
industry and building, services
(including financial services and insurance),
trade
the Province: wielkopolskie
the working-age population
POZNAŃ
the Province's capital: Poznań
the average gross salary
Kalisz-Ostrów Agglomeration
60,6%
3.597,69 PLN
3.395,84 PLN
the Province
Kalisz
51
7
1806
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the number of schools
and educational institutions
vocational training institutions
the number of graduates
of secondary schools – 1806,
including 857 graduates
of vocational schools
the growth of the number of graduates
of basic vocational schools
in the years 2013 – 2015
the number of pre-schools
BUSINESS ACTIVITY
WROCŁAW
The nearest airports
Poznań – Ławica Airport 1 hour 45 minutes
Wrocław Airport
1 hour 30 minutes
Władysław Reymont Łódź Airport
1 hour 30 minutes
travel times
commercial law companies
1.200
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individual persons
conducting business activity
8.100
the number of creches and kids' clubs
(3 local government's creches)
4
universities and colleges
Culture
17
3
museums and galleries
cinemas
1
1
philharmonic
theatre
1
4
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archeological reserves
centres of culture
national festivals
Kalisz-Ostrów
Agglomeration
The cooperation of towns and rural communes situated in Kalisz-Ostrów Agglomeration, inhabited by
nearly 350 thousand residents, serves amongst others to realise strategic investments which provide
a foundation for the effective development of the subregion. In order to do this 24 units of local
government formed the Kalisz-Ostrów Agglomeration.
The territory of the Agglomeration is a space for innovation, which concentrates modern research
centres, scientific-educational centres, dynamically developing enterprises, business support
organizations and creative local governments which promote development.
Investment attractiveness of the Agglomeration
• the other developmental pole of the Wielkopolska Province
• social potential in the number of nearly 350,000 inhabitants
• over 8,000 students, many of them in engineering, managerial, economic and informatics specialties
• profiled path of technical education
• low labour costs in comparison with large cities
• investment areas equipped with technical infrastructure
Leading sectors
• production of machinery and aviation engines
• automatics
• informatics
• chemical industry
• wood industry
• textile and clothes industry
• electromechanical industry, including car industry and railway heavy industry
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Investment offers
Meyer Tool
Poland Sp. z o.o.
Raben
Polska Sp. z o.o
KALISZ
service, production,
depots and
warehouses
10,92 ha
service
Kalisz Economic
Subzone
service, production,
depots and
warehouses
The Kalisz Economic Subzone is a part of the Wałbrzych Special Economic
Zone “INVEST – PARK”, one of the most dynamically developing economic
areas in Poland and the world.
Zetor Polska
Sp. z o.o.
16,3 ha
grounds purchased
by an investor
service, production,
depots and
warehouses
13,62 ha
4 ha
25
12
1,81 ha
25
Konin, Poznań
Sieradz
Ostrów Wlkp.
25
A4
Katowice
CASTORAMA
Wrocław
trade, service, production
25,4 ha
Nowadays, 190 companies operate in the Wałbrzych Zone. They employ
44,000 workers and have invested nearly 22 billion PLN. The Wałbrzych
Special Economic Zone possesses investment lands in 48 localities in
Poland, of which 11 ha are located in Kalisz. The city still offers almost 5 ha
of land within its area. These lands are adjacent to a public road which is
only 1,5 km from the entrance to the national road No 25, which will be
joined by a ring road with the national road No 12.
Entrepreneurs who locate their activity to the Wałbrzych Special Economic
Zone “INVEST – PARK” receive special public help, including exemption from
income tax in the amount of:
• up to 25% of eligible costs for large enterprises
• up to 35% of eligible costs for medium-sized enterprises
• up to 45% of eligible costs for small and micro enterprises.
The Economic Zone of Dobrzec-West
The Economic Zone of Dobrzec-West has nearly 60 ha of
private investment areas and is situated near the national
road No 25 in the direction of Wrocław Agglomeration. In the
short term these areas will be connected by a ring road with
the national road No 12 leading in the direction of Poznan
and Radom, Lublin and the border crossing with Ukraine in
Dorohusk.
The possibility to purchase investment lands in different size
(from several to several dozen of hectares) is a competitive
advantage of the zone. Entrepreneurs in the Economic Zone
of Dobrzec-West have the opportunity to receive exemption
from a property tax for up to a maximum of 5 years.
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The following companies have invested in Economic Zone
of Dobrzec-West:
• RABEN Polska Sp. z o.o.
• Meyer Tool Poland Sp. z o.o.
• Zetor Polska Sp. z o.o.
• Castorama Polska Sp. z o.o.
Eligible costs mean:
• cost of a new investment (eg. purchase of land, tangible assets, intangible
assets, lease of buildings, etc.)
• two-year labour costs of newly employed workers
Apart from an exemption from an income tax the investor receive local
property tax allowances, related to among others the number of newly
created jobs.
The following companies have invested in the area of the Wałbrzych Special
Economic Zone ‚INVEST – PARK’:
• MTM Industries Sp. z o.o.
• Novamedia Innovision Sp. z o.o.
• ATO Sp. z o.o. Sp. k.
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Support for
entrepreneurs
The system of tax allowances and tax preferences created by the city of Kalisz includes tax exemptions and attractive rate for
a lease or tenancy on a municipal business premises.
Exemptions from the property tax
Exemptions from payment of rents
The following lands and buildings are exempted for a period
of 3 years:
Entrepreneurs who have become a tenant of a municipal
business premises may pay a lowered rent which is:
• newly built or newly purchased ones or their parts intended
for a business activity, where a business activity has not been
conducted for at least 3 years preceding their purchase,
• 50% of a negotiated rent within the first 12 months from the
signature of a tenancy agreement
• intended for a trade activity with a sales area no larger than
100 m²,
• 75% of a negotiated rent within the consecutive 12 months
•100% of a negotiated rent after 24 months of rent.
• handed over in a dependent possession as defined in the
Civil Code for purposes connected with a production activity.
In addition, property tax exemption is granted to
entrepreneurs depending on the number of new jobs
created:
• one year with 5 new jobs
• 2 years with 10 new jobs
• 3 years with 15 new jobs
• 4 years with 25 new jobs
• 5 years with 40 new jobs
Newly built, newly purchased or adapted buildings destined
for a business activity in the manufacturing or service
sectors, with the exception of petrol stations, are exempted
from a property tax.
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Business Support
Organizations
fot. Marek Salamon
The activity of business support organizations, together with pro-investment policy of local authorities,
is a basic support system for entrepreneurs who create new business projects.
The Association of Aviation Industry Companies – the “Wielkopolska Aviation
Cluster” – was founded in 2009 on the initiative of major aviation companies in the
region. It is a non-profit organisation which brings together companies engaged in
efforts to increase the competitiveness of the aviation industry in Poland. At present
30 entities with different activity profiles belong to the Cluster. Six of them have
a typically aviation profile: Pratt&Whitney Kalisz Sp. z o.o., WSK „PZL-Kalisz” S.A.,
Vac Aero Kalisz Sp. z o.o., Meyer Tool Poland Sp. z o.o., Teknequip Kalisz Sp. z o.o.,
Mikroma Polska S.A.
The main objectives of the Cluster:
fot. Marek Salamon
fot. Marek Salamon
Wielkopolska
Aviation
Cluster
Kalisz
Business
Incubator
Foundation
Since 1994 the Foundation has initiated and realised activities for social – economic
development of the region. It fulfils its mission by supporting the creation of new
businesses and by stimulating the development of the existing ones.
The offer of Kalisz Business Incubator includes the following services: information,
advisory, training, financial and office rental.
The services of Kalisz Business Incubator are dedicated, in the first instance, to all
micro, small and medium-sized enterprises interested in:
• searching funds for development
• promotion of aviation industry,
• establishing international trade cooperation
• support of companies’ connections, specialised providers, units which provide
services, companies operating in the sector
• extending their business activity into the European Union markets
• development of cooperation of aviation industry with technical universities,
scientific institutes and research units
• development of activity by means of innovative technologies
• broadening their knowledge.
• creation of favourable conditions for the development of the SMEs sector in the
aviation industry.
www.wkl.org.pl
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www.kip.kalisz.pl
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The Cluster was founded in December 2009 on the initiative of the Regional Chamber
of Commerce in Kalisz (the Cluster’s coordinator), Pleszew Chamber of Commerce
and a group of entrepreneurs from agricultural – food sector. It gathers 34 business
entities, 11 universities and scientific-research institutes from Poznań, Wrocław and
Kraków and 6 business support institutions. Nowadays, the Cluster is co-operating
with the Mayor of Kalisz and The District of Kalisz. The manufacturing potential
proven by research – employment of 4,000 people, manufacturing – 4,5 billion PLN,
export to nearly 70 countries – locates this segment of the economy as the biggest
employer in the region. The Cluster is an important organisational structure which
takes multidirectional actions which increase the level of the competitiveness of
associated companies, including building the position on international markets.
Marketing activities contribute to the promotion of Kalisz and Wielkopolska region,
but they also build a good image of the Cluster in Poland and abroad. In recent years
the Cluster and its companies have developed 20 projects of financial support from
regional and national programmes.
www.klaster.kalisz.pl
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fot. Tomasz Skórzewski
fot. Andrzej Spychalski
Food Cluster
of Southern
Wielkopolska
Regional
Chamber
of Commerce
Regional Chamber of Commerce is an economic self-government institution.
It was created in January 1996 on the initiative of entrepreneurs and played a key
role in the process of a local market transformation in the 25 years of the free
market. It affiliates 80 enterprises of different sizes and sectors from Kalisz and
neighbourhood areas, including enterprises with a big meaning for the market.
The mission of the Regional Chamber of Commerce is to support the development
of small and medium-sized enterprises by providing them with complex information,
training and advisory services, as well as supporting their development on the
basis of financial instruments and tools taken from European and domestic funds,
especially low interest loans from the JEREMIE Initiative.
The Chamber increases the competitiveness of the local market by organising
training, conferences, company missions, by implementing the rules of modern
management, building numerous cooperative unions with domestic and
international entities.
www.rigkalisz.pl
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Academic Kalisz
fot. Anna Błaszczyk
The academic community is composed of nearly 6,000 students and excellent
academic staff. Famous and reputable state universities and private higher universities
are known as being educational leaders in higher education system.
The State University of Applied Sciences in Kalisz (in short PWSZ) is the best one of its kind, which has been proven by
prestigious rankings. Students cooperate with experienced academic staff, among them nearly one hundred independent
academics – professors and assistant professors, together with visiting professors from foreign universities, eg. from France,
Germany, Portugal, Russia and the USA.
PWSZ offers the following faculties:
first cycle studies: civil engineering, electrical engineering,
mechanical engineering, informatics, environmental
engineering, food technology and human nutrition,
management, internal security, state defence, physiotherapy,
electroradiology, midwifery, nursing, cosmetology,
second
cycle
studies:
environmental
engineering,
mechanical
engineering,
nursery, physical education in
public health, management and
command,
a rich offer of postgraduate studies.
The State University of Applied Sciences in Kalisz possesses a modern didactic base, excellently equipped laboratories,
a passive house. It creates the possibility to carry out different scientific research.
The Didactic Centre of Gear Wheels Testing is one of the most modern measurement laboratories in Europe. It has
been equipped with unique, on a global scale, machinery and equipment for gear wheels testing. The equipment can also be
used to measure other machine parts. It is a unique research centre comprising three highly specialist laboratories: geometric
accuracy of gears lab, strength test of gears lab and materials testing of gears lab.
www.pwsz.kalisz.pl
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fot. Marek Salamon
fot. Marek Salamon
The President Stanisław Wojciechowski
State University of Applied Sciences
The Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts
in Kalisz of Adam Mickiewicz University
A graduate of the Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts of Adam Mickiewicz University receives a diploma of the university which
has been in the forefront of Polish universities for years.
Candidates can choose from a wide and diverse range of first and second cycle studies, full time and part time, as well as
post-graduate studies. Fields of studies and specialties in the Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts take into account diagnosis
of the local job market and the need for highly qualified specialists.
The faculty offers studies in the following fields:
first cycle studies: artistic education
in arts and music, scientific information
and librarianship, protection of cultural
heritage, pedagogy – speciality pre-school
and early school education with English,
Polish philology, English philology, with
research focused on the teaching of English,
cultural animation with intercultural
communication
second cycle studies: protection of cultural
heritage, protection of cultural heritage
– speciality intercultural communication,
Polish philology, pedagogy – speciality
early school education with arts therapy,
pre-school and early school education
with English, caring pedagogy, pedagogy
– communication and social counselling,
re-socialisation and penitentiary pedagogy
a rich offer of post-graduate
studies.
www.wpa.amu.edu.pl
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Higher School of Finances
and Informatics – the Faculty
of Economics in Kalisz
Education
for economy
For several years the School has been successfully operating in Kalisz, having in its offer first cycle
studies in economics. The faculty offers studies in the following specialties:
• accounting
In order to meet the needs of the labour market, the city of
• budgetary economy and taxes
Kalisz puts special emphasis on the development of modern
vocational education. The number of students in technical
• economy and local administration
schools and vocational schools is growing all the time and it is
• banking and business finances.
now about 55%.
Here are the leaders of vocational education in Kalisz:
• Complex of Schools of Motor Vehicle Engineering
Regardless of the chosen specialization, students have a wide range of opportunities to work in offices,
public institutions and private companies. The studies last 6 semesters, both full time and part time.
The university also has a rich offer of post-graduate studies.
• Complex of Technical – Electronic Schools
• Complex of Schools of Hotel and Catering Industry
• Complex of Economics Schools
www.wsfi.edu.pl
• Complex of Basic Vocational Schools
• High Schools Complex No 2
• Centre for Continuing and Practical Education.
Chosen fields of vocational education in Kalisz:
• car technician
• mechatronics technician
• IT specialist and teleinformatics technician
The University
of Computer Sciences and Skills –
Branch in Opatówek
• IT technician
• logistics technician
• courses and trainings for machine operators, welding courses,
logistics and warehouses courses
In order to develop vocational education, the city of Kalisz
cooperates with entrepreneurs and promotes the idea of
The branch is located 10 km from Kalisz and it enriches the town’s educational offer. The University
offers studies in the following fields: informatics, pedagogy and social work.
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fot. Marek Salamon
www.wsinf.edu.pl/opatowek
creating vocational training classes.
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The city
comfortable to live in
Recreation Zone
Aquapark Kalisz, a golf club, sports fields, courts, climbing
walls, an inline skating track and ice rink in winter are
only some possibilities to actively spend free time.
Residents and tourists interested in outdoor recreation
can choose interesting cycle and walking paths – Piast
Kalisz, Medieval Kalisz – which show historical and
contemporary attractions of the city. Urban recreation
area offers attractions for whole families, including
children, who can have great fun in skate parks and in
“Kalisz Piasts’ Burg” in Zawodzie which can be reached
by a boat cruise along the picturesque waters of the
Prosna River.
the rich and longest history among Polish cities with the wide
possibilities to actively spend leisure time.
The rich and diverse offer of cultural institutions
and a wonderful recreation base create the image of
contemporary Kalisz as a city which combines a respect for
Culture zone
The Centre of Touristic Information in Kalisz provides
information about tourist and cultural attractions:
Activity of known and reputable cultural institutions, such as Wojciech Bogusławski Theatre, Kalisz Philharmonic, galleries,
museums and cultural centres create a unique atmosphere of art, which meets the expectations of even the most demanding
audience. Romantic concerts and happenings organised in a magic area of Kalisz Old Town attract crowds of people.
www.cit.kalisz.pl
The unique atmosphere of the oldest town in Poland and its history can be especially experienced during annual Food
Festival – the event which promotes food and handicraft traditions of the Wielkopolska Province.
fot. Marek Salamon
fot. Marek Salamon
Koncert kameralny, fot. Arek Szymański
“Kalisz Theatre Meetings”, “International Jazz Piano Festival”, “Multi Art Festival” or “International Festival of Street Theatres
LA STRADA” are artistic trademarks of Kalisz and the region.
Contact
The Office of Investor’s Service
and Funds Raising
The City Hall in Kalisz
ul. Tadeusza Kościuszki 1a, 62-800 Kalisz
T: 62 7654 338
E: boipf@um.kalisz.pl
www.kalisz.pl