Uber and Mercedes Want to Invest in Poland

American corporation Uber revealed plans to invest in Poland. According to the announcement, the company is going to invest as much as 37 million PLN in Krakow and Warsaw. Krakow, the second-largest city in Poland, will become home to a Business Services Centre as well as a Research and Development Centre. Uber also wants to expand its Warsaw office.

The decision was announced by Jamie Haywood, Uber’s General Director for North and East Europe and Polish Minister of Digitisation Marek Zagórski and Minister of Infrastructure Andrzej Adamczyk. During a joint press conference, they stressed the fact that this will be the first time that the corporation will invest in Poland on that scale outside of the United States.

Uber representative revealed that in Poland the company intends to concentrate on developing its JUMP pedal-assist electric bikes and autonomous scooters. The American company has already invested more than 40 million PLN in Poland and currently employs over 300 staff members. Uber services have been available in several Polish cities since 2014.

This is not the end of good news when it comes to big investment in our country. Mercedes-Benz Cars announced it will invest in Poland for over 300 million EUR in a battery production plant in Jowor, which will be located right next to the engine factory the company is currently building. All in all, Mercedes is going to employ more than one thousand three hundred employees in the Lower Silesia region. The move is an answer to a growing demand for electric vehicles.

The battery plant will be the ninth global factory of Mercedes Benz. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that the company’s decision shows that corporations which decided to invest in Poland positively regard the country’s investment climate. – We are witnessing the industrial revolution 4.0 in which Poland plays an important role – he commented.