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Biotechnology sectorSzczecin_good location for your business

Szczecin_good location for your business

Arich variety of investment areas, a wealth of well-edu-cated and skilled staff, the close vicinity of European capi-

tals, the bold strategy behind the Floating Garden 2050 brand, and the unique natural conditions, combined with the investment develop-

ments in progress and the growth of local economy – all these make Szc-zecin a truly modern and dynamic metropolis. Our city has the potential to make

it a friendly place to live.Its most important asset is the people – the residents of Szczecin, devoted and willing to

actively contribute to the city’s progress, which in turn translates into the broadening of knowl-edge and the acquisition of new skills. With residents’ improved qualifications, new high-quality jobs can be created, while the programmes aimed at the promotion of creative thinking at all levels of school education and professional training, combined with infrastructural investments, allow an increase in innovative potential. By all means, Szczecin is a city which lives up to expectations, as it provides optimum living standards and can be recommended to investors striving for success – which is what I wish all of you.

Feel invited to Szczecin

Piotr KrzystekMayor of Szczecin

THE CITY >>>Szczecin holds the position of the administrative and economic centre of the Westpomeranian Voivodeship, being also the capital of the Pomerania Euroregion and a hub of political, social and cultural cooperation for local authorities from Poland, Germany and the Scandinavian countries. Its cross-border location, academic and scientific potential, and collaboration with neighbours form the stimuli behind Szczecin's development.

Area 301 km2

Population 408 500Population of the Szczecin Metropolitan Area 690 000Population of the Westpomeranian Voivodeship 1 720 000Number of students 48 400Unemployment rate 10.6%Number of employed 106 600Average monthly wage - gross PLN 3 880Number of business entities per 10,000 residents 1 650Foreign capital in enterprises PLN 795 mln

SOURCE: STATISTICAL OFFICE

The City of SzczecinInvestor and Business Support [email protected] tel. +48 91 424 5819 fax +48 91 424 5820 www.invest.szczecin. eu www.szczecin.eu

SZCZECIN | www.szczecin.eu

LOCATION >>>Transport accessibility - Szczecin has a unique location which ensures perfect connectibility and access to sales and purchase markets in Poland, the rest of Europe and worldwide.

Road and rail routes – perfect connection to the motorway system in Western Europe, as well as new express roads and motorways in Poland.

Shipping junction – the Oder Water Road and a connection to the Baltic Sea. The sea-port facilitates trade exchange with Western Europe and the most remote regions of the world – China and Africa. The nearby ferry terminal in Świnoujście offers connections with Copenhagen and southern Sweden.

International air connections – you need only 45 minutes by car to reach Szczecin-Goleniów Airport, and 1.5 hour to get to Berlin Tegel and Berlin Schönefeld airports, which will soon be replaced by Europe’s larg-est facility of its type – the Berlin-Branden-burg Airport (BER).

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT >>>Szczecin is the wealthiest and the most indus-trialised sub-region of the Westpomeranian Voivodeship.

The City’s investment attractiveness can be confirmed by

y The rating by the Fitch Ratings Agency, which, in July 2013, ranked Szczecin at the BBB+ level, recognising its stable financial policies and high standards of municipal financial management.

y The functioning of the Szczecin Sub-Zone within the Euro-Park Mielec Special Eco-nomic Zone, which provides investors with an all-round management of investment projects, public assistance in the form of exemptions from income tax and reduced costs of business activities.

y The City’s support and public assistance include:

– loan guarantees and loans for entrepre-neurs,

– support for technological progress and innovations,

– instruments supporting entrepre-neurial activities, offered by the District Employment Office in Szczecin.

y The “one-stop shop” – an efficient investor assistance system employed at the Inves-tor and Business Assistance Office.

DISTANCES >>>12 kmfrom the German border

65 kmfrom the Baltic Sea

127 kmfrom Berlin

281 kmfrom Copenhagen

505 kmfrom Prague

450 kmfrom Warsaw


THE QUALITY OF LIFE >>>Szczecin is a unique place to live in. This is due to its location, environmental conditions, and its art and cultural resource.

Natural environment – the wonderful climate is created by excellent environmental condi-tions, such as clean air, extensive green areas, water and a short distance to the sea.

The cultural, leisure and tourist programme – the city hosts popular concerts and cultural events:

y International Jazz Efforts, y Street Artists Festival, y Sea Days, y International Fireworks Festival PYRO-

MAGIC

The hotel and leisure services range includes 7 200 accommodation places, which are used by nearly 370 000 domestic and foreign tour-ists per year.

Efficient administration, high quality healthcare and education – The City pri-oritises the highest quality of services for residents and investors, which is confirmed by many certificates and analyses of international consulting companies. Modern treatment and beauty services are offered, and there are schools in the area with an international focus.

THE REAL-ESTATE MARKET >>>State-of-the-art office spaces – Szczecin is a city with constantly-developing office facili-ties.

According to the recent report prepared by the CBRE company, total area of office real-estate facilities in Szczecin comprises approx. 145 000 m2.

PEOPLE >>>Szczecin is a city of active people. With the City population of over 408 000, nearly 80% of the residents are at working and pre-working age.

SOURCE: STATISTICAL OFFICE IN SZCZECIN, 30.06.2013

Szczecin is a city of people with foreign-lan-guage skills, especially English, German and Russian.

y 94% of students declare knowledge of the English language, and 76% of the German language.

y Scandinavian languages are gaining in popularity.

The quality of foreign-language teaching is also on the rise, as early as at the kindergarten and primary-school levels.

Population

in total men women

408 502

194 149 214 353

Age structure

21% 15%

64%

Pre-working age

Working age

Post-working age

The command of English among Szczecin students – in total

21%

8% 6%10%

23%

3%

29%

brak znajomości

podstawowy A1

podstawowy A2

średniozaawansowany B1


zaawansowany C1

zaawansowany C2

No command

A1Basic

A2 Basic

B1Intermediate

B2 Intermediate

C1 Advanced

C2 Advanced

The command of German among Szczecin students – in total

10%6%

24%

20% 12%

2%

26%

brak znajomości

podstawowy A1

podstawowy A2



zaawansowany C1

zaawansowany C2

No command

A1Basic

A2 Basic

B1Intermediate

B2 Intermediate

C1 Advanced

C2 Advanced

Changes in office-space supply

22 19540 346

73 21481 311

86 411

105 362

126 239

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20 000

40 000

60 000

80 000

100 000

120 000

140 000

2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

SOURCE: THE FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH CONSORTIUM „THE LEVEL OF FORE-IGN-LANGUAGE COMPETENCE AMONG SZCZECIN RESIDENTS WHO COME UNDER THE DYNAMIC CATEGORY OF THE WORKING AGE, AND AMONG THE STUDENTS OF SZCZECIN’S UNIVERSITIES WHO ARE ABOUT TO ENTER THE LABOUR MARKET, NOVEMBER 2013.


BIOTECHNOLOGY SECTOR >>>Szczecin is open to science, entrepreneurship and investors. Its development opportunities are determined by cross-border location, sci-entific and academic potential, and coopera-tion with neighbours. These advantages con-tribute to locating centres of modern services in Szczecin and the development of innovative technologies. That is why attracting compa-nies from the new technology sector is one of the main goals in the new strategy of Szc-zecin’s local government.

y Szczecin belongs to cities hosting the high-est number of pre-incubators in the coun-try, which support students and research-ers in practical market activities.

>>> www.pfp.com.pl>>> www.wktir.pl>>> www.zarr.com.pl>>> www.zsrg.szczecin.pl>>> http://www.zpsb.pl/centrum-rozwoju-biz-

nesu-2/o-centrum/>>> www.irszczecin.pl

y Innovation in the city is being supported by training and advisory centres.

>>> www.inkubator.univ.szczecin.pl>>> www.aip.zut.edu.pl>>> www.innowacje.zut.edu.pl>>> www.s.inkubatory.pl

Higher-education institutionsSzczecin is the academic and research centre of northwestern Poland. Its intellectual poten-tial is constituted by 18 higher-education institutions, including three universities which provide the highest level of education to stu-dents from all over Europe. Intellectual capital accounts for more than 48 400 students and 13 200 graduates every year.

>>> www.univ.szczecin.pl>>> www.zut.edu.pl >>> www.pum.edu.pl>>> www.am.szczecin.pl >>> www.akademiasztuki.eu >>> www.zpsb.szczecin.pl>>> www.wsap.szczecin.pl >>> www.wshtwp.pl

Modern fields of educationSzczecin is an attractive location for biotech-nology projects - thanks to good access to qualified researchers. The Pomeranian Medi-cal University, Szczecin University and the West Pomeranian University of Technology educate highly-qualified specialists in modern technology and other fields.

The number of students and graduates of selected majors

Major StudentsXI 2012

Graduatesyear 2011/2012

Biotechnology 523 207Medical biotechnology 199 37Nanotechnology 48 0Physics 49 27Bioinformatics 45 0Applied microbiology 53 0Microbiology 107 0In total 1024 271

SOURCE: STATISTICAL OFFICE IN SZCZECIN

The modern fields of study offered by Szc-zecin’s universities guarantee that graduates fit easily in today’s job market, getting jobs in various sectors of modern technology, medi-cine and IT.

The Pomeranian Medical University has launched new field of study – electroradiology and biomedical engineering. During the stud-ies students will become familiar with issues such as the design of electronic devices and systems, programmable logic, the mechatronic aspects of biocybernetics, techniques and sys-tems of medical imaging, the digital process-ing and analysis of biomedical signals, laser optics and bioacoustics, operating and design-ing devices and systems of medical diagnos-tics and biometric technologies.

>>> www.wsie.pl >>> www.cb.szczecin.pl >>> www.wste.szczecin.pl>>> www.wsjo.szczecin.pl>>> www.wskipz.szczecin.pl >>> wszuie.pl>>> www.wsb.pl/szczecin>>> szczecin.wspkorczak.eu>>> www.szczecin.wseit.edu.pl


ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH POTENTIAL >>>In Szczecin research-and-development cen-tres are being formed to conduct scientific studies and development activity. Active cooperation with business and jointly devel-oped innovative solutions and technologies exert a good influence on the development of companies.

y The International Hereditary Cancer Center, the Genetics and Pathology Unit of the Pomeranian Medical UniversityThe centres have earned a prominent international position mainly thanks to achievements in the field of clinical can-cer genetics. They conduct studies which have resulted in important discoveries in the field of prophylaxis, early detec-tion and treatment of the most common forms of cancer. These discoveries have been published in international literature and are the subject of patent applications. The commercialisation of products and services resulting from these discoveries is dealt with by READ-GENE S.A. which, under legal agreements, has been a “spin-off” company of the Pomeranian Medical University since 2005.

>>> www.genetyka.com>>> www.pum.edu.pl

y The Centre for Nanotechnology Research and EducationThe Centre for Nanotechnology Research and Education is a modern building that has been finished in April 2013. Investment expenditures exceeded 42 million PLN. Building has 72 laboratories where students since beginning of 2013/2014 academic year attend practical classes like: nanotech-nology, chemical technology, chemical and process engineering, material engineering, biotechnology, environmental protection and construction. Scientific researchs are carried out with the modern apparatus on a global level in the areas of: technology, grapheme and other nanomaterials includ-ing titanium dioxide, carbon nanotubes, polymer biomaterials for use as implants or drug carriers, polymer nanocomposites and issues in the area of biotechnology, microbiology and genetics.

>>> www.nanotechnologie.zut.edu.pl

y The Centre for New Medical TechnologiesThe centre, running at the Pomeranian Medical University, has modern, fully-equipped laboratories which allow the development of didactics and research and teaching activities in the field of medi-cal biotechnology. The centre will be linked to the nearby investment in progress: “The Construction of Diagnostics and Treatment of Hereditary Cancer”.

>>> www.pum.edu.pl

y The Faculty of Food Sciences and FisheriesIt is a unit of the West Pomeranian Univer-sity of Technology open to cooperation with entrepreneurs in the field of bio-economy based on the sustainable exploi-tation of biological water resources, and its use as a natural resource in manufacturing and other industries.

>>> www.wnozir.zut.edu.pl

y The Centre for Bioimmobilisation and Innovative Packaging MaterialsThe centre is operated within the Faculty of Food Sciences and Fisheries of the West Pomeranian University of Technology. It is an implementation unit. Research-and-development activity focusses on the bioimmobilisation of living cells and microorganisms, the bioimmobilisation of biologically active substances, the prepa-ration and formation of innovative pack-aging materials, and new techniques and technologies in packaging. The centre cooperates with small, medium-sized and large entrepreneurs. It is open to working with new business partners interested in the development and implementation of innovative solutions for barrier packaging and systems for active packaging.

>>> www.cbimo.zut.edu.pl

y The Centre for Molecular Biology and Bio-technology (CMBB)As part of the CMBB at Szczecin University the following laboratories have been cre-ated: the Laboratory of Molecular Biology with the Cytogenetics and Protoemics Labo-ratory, and the Laboratory of Environmental Research with its collection of plants and bank of seeds located in Małkocin - 40 min-utes from the centre of Szczecin. The aim of the project is to raise the intellectual and economic potential of the region by using the laboratory basis for research for the enterprises interested in gaining new tech-nological solutions.

>>> www.wb.univ.szczecin.pl/cbmib


HUMAN CAPITAL >>>Szczecin has great potential when it comes to investments based on knowledge and requiring cooperation with the international community. The city’s key advantage is its residents - their quali-fications, education and command of foreign languages.

INVESTMENTS >>>Szczecin is a city which creates favourable investment conditions and a good entrepreneurial cli-mate. The constant progress and improvement in the quality of life in the city has encouraged many concerns to choose Szczecin as their location for investments.

Beata KarakiewiczProfessor of Medical Sciences,

Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences Pomeranian Medical University

READ -GENE S.A.CEO

Professor Jan Lubiński

Krzysztof KowalskiGeneral Manager

of DGS Poland Sp. z o.o.

READ-GENE S.A. is a company dealing in new technologies. One of its main goals involves research in the field of the prevention and treat-ment of the most common cancers. The company’s innovative approach is based on dividing patients into subgroups by their genetic profile. The Centre for Research and Development of the READ-GENE S.A. Com-pany is equipped with specialised laboratory equipment which allows the running of pioneering and innovative research projects. The centre, located just 20 minutes from the heart of Szczecin, is an example of how cooperation between business and science can work. The intellectual capital of Szczecin has undoubtedly influenced the success of READ-GENE, especially access to well-educated researchers associated with the Pomeranian Medical University. Favourable geographical location of Szczecin is also of a huge importance, as it makes possible for clients to have access to cutting-edge laboratory techniques.

DGS Poland Sp. z o.o. (formerly Oticon Polska Production Sp. z o.o.) is part of the William Demant Holding, located more than 10 km from the centre of Szczecin, in Mierzyn. Since 2007, when the company was reg-istered, we haven’t been expecting that we would reach the number of 1,000 employees so fast. Today we don’t have to persuade anyone to choose this location – we are the evidence that the Szczecin area offers great opportunities. We have taken advantage of a very good geograph-ical location that makes contacts with our business partners in Denmark easier. We employ highly-skilled professionals and graduates from Szc-zecin’s universities which allows us to develop unique skills on a regional scale. We are consistent in implementing our strategy of business devel-opment – 100% of chances taken.

The in-depth and multidisciplinary technical and medical knowledge acquired during the studies, as well as the professional title of Bachelor of Electroradiology and Engineer of Biomedical Engineering, and the professional title of Master (during second-degree studies) make the students fit easily into the today’s job market, finding employment in various sectors of modern technology, medicine and IT.

Szczecin Municipal GovernmentInvestor and Business Support [email protected]. +48 91 424 5819fax +48 91 424 5820www.invest.szczecin.euwww.szczecin.eu

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