Rockwell Automation to invest in Katowice

Rockwell Automation, an American manufacturer of industrial automation solutions, intends to build its own plant, software engineering centre and customer service unit in Katowice. The investment should create 500 new jobs over the next three years.

The company has already bought a site for its investment in an industrial estate in Szopienice and intends to begin construction work as soon as the site is incorporated into the Katowice Special Economic Zone (KSSE). The first stage of the undertaking is to be carried out midway through next year.

The main purpose of the Katowice plant will be to produce switches and commutators as well as low and medium-voltage drives for industrial machines. It will employ around 200 people.

A software engineering centre staffed by close to 100 engineers will be set up right next to the facility and another 200 staff are to find work in a neighbouring accounting centre that will support the company’s operations throughout Europe.