Zakłady Chemiczne LUBOŃ Sp. z o.o. made a successful attempt to revitalize its post-industrial areas, which had been unused in recent years, by creating the Luboń Industrial and Science-Technology Park last year. As a result, an area of over 40 hectares, which had become redundant due to company restructuring and the reduction of fertilizer production and was only generating costs, was effectively utilized while simultaneously diversifying the company’s business activities.
The logistics and industrial park, as a complex of 5 modern warehouse and office facilities, will ultimately have 75,000 sq. m. of warehouse and production space with social and office facilities, as well as 1,500 sq. m. of modern class A office space.
The first step in the project’s implementation was the construction of an 8,250 sq. m. warehouse hall in 2007. An analysis of the feasibility of building a logistics and industrial park on the premises of Zakłady Chemiczne LUBOŃ Sp. z o.o., taking into account the external and internal conditions of the company’s operations, was carried out by the Institute of Logistics and Warehousing. The Institute proposed leveraging the company’s unique competencies in the region related to the chemical industry to focus its activities on services provided to companies in this sector. In March 2008, the design of the second and third warehouse facilities with areas of 6,000 and 18,000 sq. m. began. For the latter, there are plans to extend a railway siding with a 140 m long ramp. The first facility will be commissioned by the spring of 2009 at the latest. In the future, the first specialized chemical warehouse in Poland compliant with the European Union Council Directive – Seveso II will also be built. The construction of the halls will be completed in 5-7 years, and the expansion of the entire office and warehouse complex in 10-12 years.
The Polish Logistics Association award is presented every two years, and the ceremony takes place during a gala at subsequent editions of the Polish Logistics Congress. Previous winners of the PTL award include companies such as: KOMFORT Sp. z o.o. (2006), Jeronimo Martins Dystrybucja (2004), and the Greater Poland Agricultural and Horticultural Exchange (2002).