The City Hall of Katowice presented two architectural concepts of the new football stadium of GKS Katowice. At first, the projects were shown to supporters of the club last Friday. Today, the visualizations were revealed publicly. The projects were prepared by the Bauren architectural studio. According to a contract, the ...

Mentor Graphics, a global technology firm operating in the area of electronic design automation, is expanding its engagement in Katowice. This time, the company is establishing a regional finance and accounting support center in the City. The center will support 30 Mentor Graphics entities located in Western Europe, Russia, Armenia ...

After almost eight years since the „Kleofas” coal mine was closed, its area is put up on sale. The brownfield divided into six parcels is worth more than PLN 10 million according to initial prices. All the sites cover approximately 34 500 sq. meters. The brownfields are located in the “Załęże” ...

Mostostal Warszawa S.A. was contracted to conduct modernization works on didactic laboratories of the University of Silesia. The project called MODLAB embraces three educational units in Katowice and one in Sosnowiec. A gross value of the contract amounts to PLN 22,6 million. The works include a renovation of ...

Tramwaje Śląskie S.A., a management company of the Upper Silesian interurban tram system, and the Center for the EU Transport Projects (CEUTP) signed an agreement for a financial support of tram lines modernization in the Katowice agglomeration. Works are scheduled to commence in the second quarter of 2012. A refit ...

The middle of January 2012 is a deadline date for companies and institutions to file applications in the 17th edition of ‘Grasz o staż’ (literal translation – ‘Win the internship’) – a prestigious competition which provides promotion of employers, amplify corporate image and is also a chance to reach to ...

The Ministry of Treasury (MSP) and GC Investment have initialed a project of sales agreement of „Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacji Samochodowej w Katowicach S.A.” (PKS, Motor Transport Company). The agreement concerns a purchase of 85% of shares of PKS wholly owned by the State Treasury. The selling of shares to the private ...

Rockwell Automation, which is one of the world's leading providers of automated industrial drive systems and services, has opened a Product Development Center within a multi-functional plant located in Katowice. The investment, had been mystified thus far, was introduced during the last week’s "Prospects in Poland" conference. “The decision ...

“The coming three years will be epoch-making for Katowice. This is time which will change the image of the City not only in the point of view of the Silesia region itself or Poland, but in Europe’s opinion as well” – Bogdan Zdrojewski, Minister of Culture, said during his Friday’s ...

Katowice City budget planned for 2012 seems to be a record-breaking and will exceed PLN 2 billion for the first time in history (PLN 1,8m in 2011). Additionally, the budgetary project assumes that an amount of next year’s capital expenditures will rise by 138-percent as compared with 2011 to ...