City without barriers

Koszalin is an important and economically active business centre in northern Poland, offering preferential terms for investing. The City is located on the E-28 transit route connecting Berlin and Kaliningrad and S-11 connecting Koszalin with the south of Poland.

Since 2003 the City hosts the "Koszalin" Complex of the Slupsk Special Economic Zone (SSEZ), in which attractive and preferential conditions for investing have been created for the time of functioning of the "Koszalin" Complex, i.e. until 2017. Considering a great interest on the part of investors, activities aiming at extending the Complex by the next investment areas have been undertaken. The City plans to widen the SSEZ for about 40 ha, to create the conditions for new investments in the close future. Also, the Chinese Industrial Centre (CIC) is being established in the Complex.

CIC is believed to be the first and the only industrial zone in the EU, owned by Chinese capital. The CIC was created for prospect Chinese investors who will be conducting business activity in the scope of production of electronic equipment, household articles, as well as the engineering. At present investment work at building of the first Chinese bicycle production plant is in progress.

Moreover, there was established the Business Centre (BC) in Koszalin, gathering at one place various institutions such as I banks and organizations conducting activity for business and entrepreneurship promotion and for winning both national and foreign investors. Its mission - "well economically established region without any communicative and administrative barriers between national and international business Partners" (more information: www.cb.koszalin.pl).

Koszalin has also taken further activities to stimulate its competitiveness. These are: The Koszalin Industrial Park (the Science-Technology Theme Park), which is being commissioned now, with the surface area of 11 ha, to be fully provided with necessary facilities and supplies for implementation of investments and activities aiming at reactivation of the Zegrze Pomorskie airport.

Koszalin is very engaged in improving its local infrastructure to become more competitive for investors. The amount of money for the infrastructure, gained from EU-projects in 2005 is about 5.400.000 PLN, which is nearly 12.8% of City budget as allocated to that aim.