{"id":4064,"date":"2019-05-14T08:06:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T08:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investinpomerania.pl\/?p=4064"},"modified":"2019-05-14T09:53:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T09:53:24","slug":"invest-in-pomerania-at-otc-2019-top-oil-gas-conference-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investinpomerania.pl\/en\/aktualnosci\/invest-in-pomerania-at-otc-2019-top-oil-gas-conference-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Invest in Pomerania at OTC 2019 – top oil & gas conference in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During this year’s Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, 4 – 6 May 2019, the Pomerania region showcased its investment potential for the first time in the history of the conference.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pomerania has long traditions and highly developed competencies in shipbuilding, which has over the years specialized in high added-value niche products, such as platform support, cable-laying and jack-up vessels. OTC, one of the largest 100 tradeshows held annually in the United States and among the 10 largest meetings in terms of attendance, offered a great opportunity to introduce the U.S. market to the region’s investment potential in the maritime and offshore sector.
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Accompanying Invest in Pomerania, a number of local companies also presented their offer, ranging from advanced vessel design through diagnostics and service of engines, to scrubber systems and fire extinguishing installations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From great\nhistory to high performance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the fall of communism, Poland has become the\n8th largest economy in the European Union and the largest among the Central\nEuropean members. With the GDP growing on average 4% a year since the 90s, the\ncountry has sustained steady growth also following the 2008 crisis, becoming one of the fastest-growing economies\nworldwide pre-crisis and the fastest-growing economy in post-crisis Europe<\/strong>,\naccording to McKinsey. As a confirmation of its remarkable progress, in 2018\nPoland was reclassified from Emerging to Developed Market by a leading index\nprovider, FTSE Russell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pomerania region has been at the forefront of this impressive development as one of the top-performing regions in Poland and in Europe<\/strong>. In 2017, the region experienced a 7% GDP growth, and in the same year ranked fourth in the Milken Institute\u2019s \u201cBest Performing Cities in the EU\u201d for the period of the last five years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What makes\nPomerania an attractive FDI destination?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 A highly educated workforce, with an English\nproficiency that rivals Germany, France, and Scandinavia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 An industry leading Business Services Sector\nthat provides excellent opportunities for optimizing various operation areas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 World-class engineers at your disposal to help\nyou discover solutions for software development in finance and accounting, HR,\nand customer service through robotic process automation (RPA), big data\nanalysis, and machine learning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Established R&D activities that will help\nyour biotech\/medtech products find their true potential<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 A leading hub for automotive, electronics and\nadvanced maritime projects<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 A solution to your company\u2019s Brexit woes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 One of the largest port systems in Europe\noffering regular weekly direct calls with the Far East<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 A super-efficient investment support and\nincentive system <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whopping\nAmerican investments <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

American partners are among the key investors in\nthe Polish market. US companies generate the most investment projects both in\nthe country and in the region of Pomerania. The value of the American investments in Poland amounted to\n42 billion USD in 2018<\/strong>, which translated into over 220,000 jobs. Among the\nkey investors are companies such as Amazon, Google, 3M, GE, JP Morgan and\nGoldman Sachs, while Pomerania alone is home to key R&D centers by Amazon\n(Alexa solutions) and Intel (i.e. embedded systems for autonomous vehicles)\nalong with other delivery and manufacturing sites by Eaton, Federal Mogul,\nFlex, Jabil and share service centers by Arrow or State Street \u2013 to name just a\nfew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recognizing the US market as one of Poland\u2019s priority destinations, the Polish Investment and Trade Agency has recently opened its bureau in Houston, Texas, that serves seven states in the Southeast United States (Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Houston Bureau is the 70th office that the Agency has launched in a two year period, and joins its network of five other U.S. based offices in New York, Washington, DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco,\u201d <\/strong>said Zuzanna Kobrzynski, Houston Bureau Chief. \u201cThis tremendous growth is in response to the overwhelming interest in one of the world\u2019s fastest-growing economies.<\/strong>\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With over 15 years of experience in helping U.S. companies such as Amazon, Google, 3M, GE, and Goldman Sachs invest in Poland, the Polish Investment and Trade Agency is now looking forward to working with U.S. business communities and Polish agencies such as Invest in Pomerania to fulfill its mission of encouraging Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Poland and helping Polish companies launch their products and services in the U.S., Kobrzy\u0144ski added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n