In the opinion of entrepreneurs, the economic crisis and high production costs mean that the attractiveness of Germany as a place to run a business is getting smaller. That is why German companies are increasingly inclined to transfer production to another country.
Deutsche Welle reminds that in a survey conducted at the beginning of the year by the KPMG audit company and the Eastern Commission of the German economy, 22 percent companies admitted that she was considering transferring production to Central and Eastern European countries. The main directions of potential move are Poland or Romania. Definitely the most, as much as 51 percent enterprises want to move to Poland. Romania, as the purpose of transferring production, was indicated by 43 percent. respondents.
According to 55 percent surveyed companies region of Central and Eastern Europe until 2030 will gain economic importance.
Another company moves production to Poland
This week, German public television MDR said that The manufacturer of braking systems for rail and utility vehicles Knorr-Bremse announced that he transfers two-thirds of his production from the plant in Dresden. The result of this removal will be the liquidation of 40 jobs at the Saxony plant.
As a reason, the transfer of Knorr production gave the current market conditions and pressure from the competition. The company wants to reduce production costs by transfer to Poland.
The crew of the plant in Dresden strongly opposes you plans.
The manufacturer of household appliances increases production in Łódź
Knorr is not the first company that loudly talks about the transfer of production to Poland. A similar plan has recently been announced by Miele, a household appliance manufacturer. The German newspaper “Sueddeutsche Zeitung” writes about the situation of this company on Thursday.
The newspaper said that by the end of 2027, most of the final assembly of Miele washing machines is to take place at the plant in Łódź, and not, as before, in Guepersloh.
Rebecca Steinhage, which in Miele is responsible for staffing matters, told the newspaper that A cheaper workforce is not the only advantage of production in Poland. In her opinion, there are a number of other benefits resulting from moving to Poland. Steinhage said that the offices in Poland issued various permits much faster than Germany. As an example, Steinhage gave permission to install solar panels on the roof.
Factors determining the launch of production
In the survey, prepared by the KPMG and the Eastern Commission of the German economy, which is referred to by Deutsche Welle, German companies reported that to launch production in a given country, demand in a given market is important to them. This reason indicated 40 percent. surveyed companies. The second most important factor is the availability of a qualified workforce (37 percent). Only in third place were relatively low labor costs, which were indicated by one -third of respondents (33 percent).
Sources: “MDR”, “Sueddeutsche Zeitung”, “Deutsche Welle”
