MTU Aero engines opens a new branch in Poland
22.02.2008

In the spring of this year MTU Aero Engines manufactures of power units, will begin the construction of a Polish branch in Rzeszów. Production is due to begin in 2009.

A branch of MTU Aero Engines, will be established on a 7 ha site within Aviation Valley - Poland's aviation cluster. Among the tasks of the subsidiary company, will be the design and production of stator blades and moving blades for low pressure turbines, together with their installation and the repair of parts.

- We've decided to locate our new plant in Rzeszów, as this region has a well developed industrial base, including businesses from the aviation industry and large reserves of well qualified specialists - explained Mr Richard Maier, the MTU Aero Engines project director. - The whole process from design, through production and finally repairs, will take place at one location - Maier added.

Initially 100 workers will be employed in the Polish branch, which will increase to 400 by 2012. Over the next three years MTU intends to invest app.70 million EUR at the site of the Podkarpacki Science and Technology Park.

The MTU Aero Engines corporation is a German engine manufacturer and employs 7,100 workers; in 2006 its turnover was 2.4 billion EUR. On a global scale, it's the largest independent manufacturer in the field of the renovation of engines designated for civil aviation.

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Source: MTU Poland