The MAN concern intends to invest approximately 20 million euros in the expansion of its plant in Starachowice. It is also planning the construction of a new factory in Niepołomice near Krakow.
Currently, bus bodies are produced at the Starachowice plant. However, as the president of the Starachowice company, Michael Kobriger, told Radio Kielce, his company intends to prepare for the production of complete buses by the end of 2007. The MAN concern intends to invest 383 million zlotys in the construction of a new factory in Niepołomice. 15,000 vehicles are expected to roll off the production lines annually, with the first ones appearing as early as mid-2007. The concern will receive support from the Polish government for this investment in the amount of 57.4 million zlotys, which will be granted between 2006 and 2008. The company MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG is a manufacturer of commercial vehicles with a gross weight of 6 to 50 tons. The company appeared in Poland over 10 years ago. In 1997, it opened a bus factory in Sady near Poznań, and in December 1999, it acquired the Polish truck manufacturer, ZS Star SA from Starachowice.