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Płock is a city of 130 thousand inhabitants picturesquely located on a steep of Vistula riverbank. Płock is one of the oldest Polish cities with its numerous monuments speaking for its thousand years' history.

At the same time, historical Płock is the city of modern industry. Polish Oil Concern "ORLEN" is one of the biggest Polish companies - a magnate on the market of liquid fuels and petrochemical products and one of the biggest companies in this part of Europe. American "king of jeans" LEVI STRAUSS built its factory in Płock. From 1992, the company has been successfully producing clothes there.

The company CNH is the only in Poland manufacturer of combine harvesters. Apart from Levi Strauss and CNH, there are other companies with foreign capital in Płock i.e. Basell Orlen Polyolefins, Hoppenstedt Bonnier Information, Hero Polska, Bildau&Bussman, Adler Polska, A.Szulman.

Płock’s advantages are as follows:

  • The biggest centre of petrochemical industry in the country
  • Huge productive potential with consolidated position at the national market
  • Huge human resources in productive and pre-productive age, labour force with high qualifications
  • Location of the region in the zone of direct influence of the two biggest Polish urban centres: Warsaw and Łódź
  • Fast developing academic centre.

Source: Agency for Development of Mazovia PLC