Ball Packaging Europe, an aluminium can manufacturer, has just obtained a permit to invest in the Lublin Sub-Zone. The company intends to buy a 12.5 ha lot and plans to build a new plant within a year's time. It is estimated that the project will cost 200 mln PLN and may offer employment to more than 100 people.

Grzegorz Skora, the production director from Ball Packaging Europe Radomsko, said that the company wants to start the construction as soon as possible. The Lublin plant, with production premises equipped with one can-manufacturing line, warehouses and office blocks, will be the second, together with the Radomsko plant, investment of the partnership in Poland. According to "Wiadomosci Lublin," the plant's productive capacity may amount to 2 mln packages a day. It is scheduled to start operating in the first half of 2009.

The production process to be introduced in the plant will be highly automated that is why the low-qualified staff percentage will be rather low. The required cadre will consist mainly of highly-qualified specialists; engineers and economists. After the recruitment process, which will start in June, selected persons will take part in several months' training in the Ball plants.

The Lublin sub-zone does very well as far as investors' interest is concerned. Recently three new investors have applied for permits to operate within the zone. Currently the zone's area approaches 70 ha but there are plans for expansion to up to 180 ha.