WARSAW, Poland - The Letter of Intent concerning Intrall Rus' R&D centre and a car factory in Poland was signed on February 7th, 2011 in the PAIiIZ Information Centre in Warsaw.
The LOU was signed by Anatolij Lejrich, Head of the Council of Directors at Intrall Rus; Sawomir Majman, President of the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency; Marek Lyzwa, Member of the PAIiIZ Management Board and Jan Krawczuk, Member of the Management Board of the Region of Zachodniopomorskie. All the signatories declared to act together and help in the development of the region, create new jobs and support the investment project.
"We have been ready to invest in Poland for some time now and I am really glad that we signed the Letter of Intent", said Anatolij Lejrich, Head of the Council of Directors at Intrall Rus. Investor decided to locate the project in the region of Zachodniopomorskie due to its favourable geographic location, positive investment climate and the investor-oriented approach of local administration which proved very helpful. - The region offers access to a pool of highly-skilled people from which to choose workforce and an excellent environment to create a Research and Development Centre in which we plan to design the majority of our new cars - said Anatolij Lejrich.
In order to support the project authorities of the region declared to enter in co-operation with the regional Labour Office and help in the recruitment and training process of the Centre's future staff. Local authorities will also support the investor's co-operation with schools and higher education establishments in the region what should result in creation of syllabuses and training programmes for specialist who may in future work at the Itrall Rus R&D Centre.
"We are very pleased with the profile of the new investment. The project does not focus on production but on research and development processes which create employment for engineers who graduated from local higher education institutions", said Jan Krawczuk, Member of the region's Management Board. - Nevertheless, we are well aware that the Letter is only the very beginning of the investment process.
The Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency declared to co-operate with the investing company. - I am glad that Poland attracted Russian project of this type and scale - said PAIiIZ President SĹ‚awomir Majman.
Among the conference panelists there were: Aleksander Aleksiejew - Russia's Ambassador to Poland, Stanisław Ciosek - Sekretary General of the Eastern Club, Ekaterina Belyakova - Trade Representative of the Russian Federation and Elzbieta Bodio - Vice Director of the International Co-operation Department at the Ministry of Economy.
