Schweitzer-Mauduit, the world’s largest supplier of specialty paper for the tobacco industry, has leased 6,800 sq m of production and warehouse space located in the SEGRO logistics park – Tulipan Park Stryków. In the autumn, the company will launch its first production plant in Poland at the facility.
Schweitzer-Mauduit operates in over 90 countries worldwide and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. On the leased space in Tulipan Park Stryków, the company will begin technologically innovative production of specialty paper for the tobacco industry. Given that, according to the European Commission’s decision, by 2011 all cigarettes sold in the European Union will have to be made using low-ignition propensity paper, the production plant in Tulipan Park Stryków will become one of Schweitzer-Mauduit’s key facilities in this region. The investment is being built within a special economic zone and will ultimately employ approximately 100 people. The American company will invest nearly 90 million PLN in Stryków.
– We are pleased that Schweitzer-Mauduit has chosen our facility for its first investment in Poland. The elements that played a key role in the transaction were: SEGRO’s vast experience in adapting space to the specific requirements of production plants, as well as close cooperation with the Łódź Special Economic Zone – said Waldemar Witczak, Regional Director of SEGRO Poland.
In the transaction, Schweitzer-Mauduit was represented by the real estate agency Jones Lang LaSalle.
Tulipan Park Stryków is SEGRO’s largest logistics park in Central Europe. The investment is located in the center of Poland, directly at the A2 motorway, near the planned junction of the A1 (north-south) and A2 (east-west) motorways. Ultimately, the Park will offer 400,000 sq m of modern warehouse, production, and office space. The investment, located partially within the Łódź Special Economic Zone, provides numerous benefits for entrepreneurs from all industries. Among the current tenants of the facility are, among others: Azymut, Corning, Sonoco, CEI, Komfort, Complex, Investa, and Hellmann.