DrEI- PAIIZ-23042014GENERAL LODZ Poland presentation

Lodz
CITY OF
OPPORTUNITIES
Investor Service Bureau
April 2014
INVESTOR SERVICE BUREAU
Collecting general
information
•quality and cost of labour resources
•real estate space available
•necessary permits, roadmap and timing
•overview of public aid available, sources, possible finance support level
Site research
•assistance in location selection
•organizing site visits and assisting investor during
the visits
Research and setting
up
•contact and organization of meetings with universities representatives
•career offices
•recruitment agencies
•unemployment offices, contact with County Employment Agency
Organizing
•visit in the City
•meeting with the Mayor
•meeting with representatives of offices
•data base of business partners
PR activities
•contact with local and national media, organization
of press conferences
•promotion of the company at www.invest.lodz.pl website
•promotion of the company by Youth in Lodz
Business Partner in the City of Lodz
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Lodz
Central position in Europe
LOCATION
STRATEGIC MOTORWAY JUNCTION:
North – South: Gdansk– Vienna
West – East: Berlin – Moscow
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS:
• Wladyslaw Reymont Airport in Lodz
• Warsaw Chopin Airport
1h
to Warsaw Airport
(via motorway)
2h
to Warsaw by train
(convenient connection)
3h
to major cities in Poland
(central location)
Assets of Lodz
Central location
INFRASTRUCTURE
A2
SCHEDULED FLIGHTS
LODZ
Munich
A1
London
Dublin
S14
Liverpool
S8
East Midlands
Oslo (Rygge)
New passenger terminal capable of
servicing 2 million passengers
annually.
It has also cargo terminal and own
customs department.
Source: http://www.airport.lodz.pl/
Assets of Lodz
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Shipments are possible:
•By Full Container
•By pallet
•By box
NETHERLANDS
1-2
days
LODZ
Av. 12 days
Max. 14 days
CHENGDU
Assets of Lodz:
Cargo Tranportation : Lodz - China
Source: http://www.airport.lodz.pl/
Source: http://www.airport.lodz.pl/
LODZ REGION
Population
1,8 mln
50 km
third-largest city in Poland
3,7 mln
100 km
715 360 - Łódź
2 517 787 - Łódź region(voivodeship) *1
capital of the Lodz Region
multicultural and open-minded
atmosphere – easy access to staff
with multilingual capabilities
competitive labour costs approximately 10-20% lower in
comparison to other agglomerations
in the country
*1 : June 2013
Assets of Lodz
Capital of Region
1,3 mln
25 km
11 mln
150 km
HUMAN RESOURCES
Skilled workforce
22 higher public and private universities
30 R&D institutions
100 000 students study in Łódź
25 000 graduates
Studies in foreign languages:
• University of Lodz - studies in English,
French and German
• Technical University in Lodz / International
Faculty of Engineering – studies in English,
French
Assets of Lodz
Education & skilled labor force
COST EFECTIVENESS
Unemployment rate July 2013 [%]
14
12,3
12
High accessibility
of human resources
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[%]
6,9
6,3
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5,7
5,3
4,9
4,4
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Łódź
G dańsk
K raków
W ro cław
K ato wice
W arszawa
P o znań
Average salary in 1H 2013 [EUR]
1 500 €
1 250 €
1 000 €
Competitive
labour cost
750 €
500 €
250 €
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Katow ice
Gdańsk
Poznań
W arsaw
Source : STATISTICAL OFFICE IN ŁÓDŹ,
2013; EUR/PLN = 4,2231; National Bank of
1 212 €
1 132 €
1 021 €
1 168 €
Poland, 02.10.2013
Source: (EUR/PLN= 4,2408 - according to the exchange rate of the National Bank of Poland as 11.09.2013)
Assets of Lodz
Cost Effectiveness
Kraków
W rocław
Szczecin
Łódź
930 €
903 €
908 €
831 €
Offices
Prime headline rents in Łódź :
9 - 10 EUR/sqm for B/B+ class
11 – 13,5 EUR/sqm for A class
The office space is concentrated
in the City centre
Modern stock office in Łódź (A/B+, B)
is currently approx. 235 000 sqm
Ongoing projects in 2013 - 20 000 sqm,
planned projects in next years 110 000 sqm
Vacancy rate – 12%
Logistic and industrial parks
Prime headline rents 2 - 2,85 EUR/sqm
High availability of greenfields
at competitive prices
Close to motorway junctions
(Berlin-Moscow and Rome-Baltic Sea)
Low cost of running a business
INFRASTRUCTURE
BERLIN
BALTICSEA
MOSCOW
Warehouse infrastructure
Effective rent in Lodz: 2 – 3,40 EUR/sqm
Vacancy rate in Lodz: 11,3%; 33 000
sqm,
(16% and 183 000 sqm in Lodz Region)
Close to motorway junction A1 and A2 in
Strykow
Availability of the largest inland container
terminal in Poland, SPEDCONT Lodz
Olechów
ROME
Source: Colliers international
Assets of Lodz
Warehouse market
WAREHOUSE MARKET
Effective rent (EUR/sqm/month) 1H 2013
Warsaw
Cracovia
Gdansk
Upper Silesia
Wroclaw
Szczecin
Poznan
Central Poland (Lodz)
1
1,5
2
2,5
3
3,5
4
4,5
5
5,5
6
Source: Colliers International
Assets of Lodz
Warehouse market
INVESTORS IN LODZ
Manufacturing industry
Varied academic infrastructure
and cooperation of higher education
establishments with local business
Competitive labor costs and well-qualified
staff
Packaging industry
Strong packaging sector for manufacturing
companies
Large variety of specialized subcontractors
and packaging providers
Higher and vocational education in printing
and papermaking education
Manufacturing industry
Source: Team analysis
INVESTORS IN LODZ
Household appliances manufacturers
Poland is No. 1 on major appliances
market
12 mln household appliances manufactured in
Poland in 2012
800 mln. EUR – turnover generated by B/S/H in
2012
300 mln. EURO – investment of B/S/H in
Poland
B/S/H: ~18% of market share and No. 1 on
Polish market (value based) – 3 factories
782 mln EUR – sales revenue of Indesit
Company Polska in 2012 - 4 factories
817 EUR – avg. monthly salary in industry in 1H
2013
Large variety of subcontractors and partners
Source: www.lista500.polityka.pl, B/S/H Polska, Central Statistical Office
Exchange rate of EUR/PLN = 4,22
Household appliances
Source: Team analysis
INVESTORS IN LODZ
Logistics
Developed road, railway and air
communication
Express Cargo Train: China – Lodz
Largest inland container terminal in
Poland
International business environment with
the largest industrial space developers
Competitive prices of land and low costs
of conducting business activity
Transports & Logistics
INVESTORS IN LODZ
BPO Sector
Lodz was awarded for the highest number of
BPO projects
9 000 employees in BPO Centers
115 000 students and 33 700 graduates in
Łódź voievodeship
Curriculum planned in cooperation with
investors
Easy access to staff with multilingual
capabilities
Competitive labour costs and low attrition rate
3 – 15%
BPO Sector
INVESTORS IN LODZ
IT Sector
Low attrition rate 3 - 15% and competitive labour
costs
Modern IT infrastructure - Information Technology
Center of Technical University of Lodz
High quality of performance and work ethic
presented by employees
Complex services in IT centers - up to the R&D
level
Tax exemption for IT, R&D and BPO projects
in ŁSSE (Ericpol, BSS, Fujitsu, AMG.net)
IT Sector
INVESTORS IN LODZ
BIO sector
Availability of specialists in bio sector
Research facilities equipped with state-of-the-art
research and testing devices
Friendly environment supporting biotechnology
development
Low operating costs and R&D projects
implementation costs
Competitively priced clinical studies at Lodz’s
medical facilities
Cooperation in biotech projects development and
commercialization
BIO sector
Tax benefits in Lodz
Special Economic Zone
Government grants
Innovative projects
BioNanoPark
Technology Incubator
Trainings, recruitment,
promotional campaign
Local infrastructure
support
The highest level of public
support in EU
LIFE IN LODZ
British International School of the
University of Łódź with English
educational programme
Japanese school in Warsaw – 60 min.
by Car
International environment: Alliance
Française, British Council, Goethe
Institute, international libraries (French
and English)
Large number of pubs, restaurants
and clubs
Lodz: Expat Friendly City
LIFE IN LODZ
MANUFAKTURA CENTRE
27 ha
shopping mall: 260 shops on 12 000 m²
surface
4-star andel's Hotel Lodz
entertainment centre
3 museums, Experymentarium, theatre,
cinema
60 pubs and restaurants, discos
fitness club
billiard, bowling club, climbing wall,
Arena Laser Games
10 million visitors a year
Main revitalisation project in Lodz
New Center of Lodz
NEW CENTRE OF LODZ
100 ha of new areas
dedicated to shops, offices,
housing and cultural
activities and artistic center
of the city
NCŁ
multimodal transportation hub
revitalization of the former power
station EC1
Multimedia Center - EC1 East
Museum of Science and Technology
- EC1 West
New Centre of Lodz
Multimodal hub – new railway station
Lodz Fabryczna – 60 minutes to Warsaw by train in 2015
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
LOCATION
•Central location in Europe and Poland
INFRASTRUCTURE
•Strategic highway intersection A1(N-S) & A2 (W-E)
1500 km
COST - EFFECTIVENESS
700 km
Lodz
•Low labour, real estate and rent costs
Lodz
300 km
HUMAN RESOURCES
•Skillful manpower with foreign languages
BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT
•BPO, IT, Manufacturing, White Goods, Logistics, Bio-Med-Pharma,
SUMMARY
EU countries
Eri Iwamoto-Bukowian
Investor Service Manager - Japanese Business Expert
Mobile: + 48 519 031 724
E-mail: eri.iwamoto@uml.lodz.pl
The City of ŁÓDŹ
Investor Service Bureau
104a Piotrkowska Street
90-926 Lodz, Poland
Phone: (+48 42) 638 59 39
Fax: (+48 42) 638 59 40
http://www.bpo.lodz.pl/
Feel invited to Lodz !