Investment by foreign companies contributes significantly to the transformation of the Polish economy, accounting for up to 40% of Polish GDP, stressed Fabrice Audan, President of the French-Polish Chamber of Commerce and CEO of Wyborowa Pernod Ricard, during a panel “Local investment by international players – the place of companies with foreign capital in the Polish economic ecosystem.”
Czytaj więcej
Polska wciąż potrzebuje napływu nowych technologii, inwestorzy zagraniczni mogą nam to zapewnić. Jednocześnie zmienne otoczenie może pomóc nam znaleźć nowe przewagi konkurencyjne.
What we know from practice
Fabrice Audan noted that there are currently around 1.1 thousand companies with French capital operating in Poland, virtually in all industries, which have invested a total of around PLN 88 billion and employ several hundred thousand Polish workers.
I think it goes without saying that everyone benefits from investments of foreign companies, pointed out Waldemar Buda, Minister of Development and Technology. It helps to build competences and human capital potential and ensures the flow of know-how and new technologies, which is what we care about the most. It also boosts foreign trade and the growth of exports, including exports of Polish products, said the Minister.
Multinational corporations have been present in Poland for more than twenty years. They have become permanent part of our ecosystem and we can say that these global companies have become local companies. This can be seen in our business practice, said Marek Lipka, Board Member, Commercial and Supply Chain Director at Carrefour Polska. He concluded that Carrefour offers 4,000 Polish local products in its shops and cooperates with thousands of Polish business partners from the SME sector on a daily basis. Direct franchise cooperation already includes almost 400 entities.
