Opening of a new plant for dryers in Łódź

Łódź is a central piece of Whirlpool Corporation's industrial plan for dryers in EMEA and aims at responding to the current consumer needs in an increasingly competitive business environment. Łódź now becomes the company's central location for the launch of the new dryer manufacturing platform. In 2019, around 480,000 dryers will be manufactured here and, at full capacity, the plant will be able to produce up to 1.2 million dryers.

"The successful implementation of the Plan is the result of Whirlpool's business development strategy but it was made possible also thanks to the local environment the company is operating in." - says Zygmunt Łopalewski, Corporate Communications Senior Manager East Cluster, Whirlpool EMEA - "Relations with the external environment and especially with local communities are very important to us. Our investments would not find a proper basis for business success without the involvement of our employees and their desire to co-create the company. Having a well-coordinated and motivated team is a decisive factor of our organization's success".

Additionally, Whirlpool's investments in Poland have grown significantly in other areas as well, allowing for the opening of a global Research & Development center for free-standing refrigerators in Wrocław and for the creation of a new center of shared financial services in Łódź, serving the entire Whirlpool EMEA Region.

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