In the region, one can find almost all sectors of industry (besides mining, shipbuilding and coke making) with no one sector dominating. More than 600 thousands firms now operate in Mazovia. The main sectors include trade, telecommunications, financial services, insurance, IT, automotive and petrochemical industries. Outside Warsaw, Mazovia is a predominantly agricultural region. Regional agricultural production delivers background for the food-processing sector. The region has a considerable capacity for developing modern farming and related industries.
The biggest centre is Warsaw,which along with neighbouringcities constitutes a particular industrial district. In the capital city agglomeration, the following industries have been developed: automotive, electro-technical, electronic, chemical (pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, plastics), food, power, metallurgical, metal, clothing and printing.
Radomexperienced a deep restructuring of industry when many state enterprises were liquidated or reduced in size. The former industrial giant of Radom ”Łucznik” (about 10,000 employees) was transformed into a factory for sewing machines and a factory for weapons; two of the traditional sectors of Radom have managed to survive on the market, i.e. a cigarette production plant and a telephone factory. The same thing can be said about the tableware factory in Wierzbica, the brewery in Warka and the fruit processing plant in Przysucha. The power plant in Kozienice has a stable position on the market. In Radom sub-region, hitherto existing sectors have been replaced with new ones, i.e. automotive, electronic, logistics and transport.
In the sub-region of Płock, the dominant sectors are the petrochemical and refining industries. One of the biggest companies in East-Central Europe – Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen SA (Polish Oil Concern Orlen SA) is located here. The Płock factory of agricultural machinery represents the machine-building industry; a brewery and a dairy in Sierpc, meat works in Umienino, and poultry works in Płock represent the food industry; and the Płock factory of Lévi-Strauss quality clothing – the clothing industry.
Ostrołęka region is the domestic potentate in the production of cellulose, paper and cardboard, as well as cheese, powdered milk and meat products. Food production plants are located in such towns as Łyse, Ostrów Mazowiecka and Baranowo. The poviat is also a significant producer of furniture, clothing and electric energy, as well as buildin and finishing materials.
Agriculture has had an influence on the shaping of the agricultural-food industry in the sub-region of Siedlce; there are meat plants in Sokołów and Siedlce, a dairy in Węgrów and a fodder production plant in Siedlce. Two meat companies in the Siedlce sub-region are quoted on the Warsaw exchange.
Industrial food production is dominant in the sub-region of Ciechanów. The local food industry processes raw materials provided by local agriculture, i.e. sugar beet in Glinojeck, cereals in Ciechanów, milk in Winnica, poultry in Mława and Ciechanów. In Baboszewo, Pułtusk, Ciechanów and Mława one can find electromachine-building and metal industry companies. Enterprises established due to foreign investments, i.e. printing houses in Płońsk and Ciechanów, a household electronics plant in Mława, and a building materials plant in Płońsk, have modern work organisation and technology.
