Польша – 2012 – Авиационная промышленность

Польща – 2012 – Авіаційна промисловість (анг.)

Poland has a 100-year history of aviation and a tradition of aviation industry dating back more than 80 years. Strong scientific, academic and engineering centres were of key importance to the development of this sector. After the period of transformation in Poland, increased international business cooperation and direct foreign investments contributed to its further development. Currently, Polish aviation industry has a rich export offer of advanced aviation products. Almost every passenger aircraft in the world is equipped with at least one part manufactured in Poland.

There are over 120 aviation and aviation-related companies with annual sale of EUR 800 million, and over 23 thousand employees in total operating in Poland.

The majority of these are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), companies with foreign capital, and a small group of enterprises with minority state shareholding. Around 80% of aviation plants are located in south-eastern Poland in one of three aviation clusters.

Operating plants are specialized in the production of aircraft (agricultural, training, executive), helicopters, gliders, subassemblies (aluminium, composite, GRFP) and accessories. The majority of aviation production is exported to: USA, Venezuela, Indonesia, Italy, Greece, Canada, Spain, Germany, South Korea and Vietnam.

The competitive edge of Polish aviation companies lies in the high quality of products (expertise in treatment of materials, casting, mechanical engineering, electronics) and competitive labour costs. Polish network of production and service companies supported by R&D centres creates potential for cooperation and orders for aviation spare parts and final products.

Aviation is one of the most innovative sectors in the Polish economy due to companies’ large expenditure on R&D, cooperation with research centres, participation in international projects, human potential and developing clusters.

The advanced level of processes used in the Polish aviation sector is best illustrated by the participation of Avio Polska and GE EDC Poland in the development of the innovative jet engine GEnx, which will be used in the state-of-the-art Boeing 747-8 and 787 Dreamliner: (Avio Polska – designer and sole producer of the GEnx2 turbine blade; GE EDC Poland – engineering works).

Polish participation in such projects should increase owing to the subsidy of the National Centre for Research and Development, which will invest EUR 75 million in years 2013-17 in scientific research, development works and knowledge transfer to aviation industry.

The development of the aviation sector would not have been possible without qualified workers – over 11 thousand engineers (650 graduates in aviation studies) graduate from Polish technical universities every year. Highly developed university and vocational education system and long-standing tradition contribute to the quality of the aviation personnel. Moreover, initiatives such as AREOnet (www.areonet.pl) led to closer cooperation between industry, self-governments, and school and university authorities aimed at even more effective training of personnel, for example, through preparation of training programs, and adaptation of school profiles to the market needs.

Selected education and research centres connected with the aviation sector

Selected aviation and aviation-related companies with foreign capital

Джерело: PAIZ