Belma's fresh investments will be a journey to Poland's production capacity and safety development," said Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski in Bydgoszcz. The largest mine maker in Poland will spend PLN 311 million in the coming years to increase production capacity. Plans include as many as 250,000 mines per year. The company will receive funds from the Capital Investment Fund.
Today many VIPs appeared in Bydgoszcz Electromechanical Plants. Not only Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digitization Krzysztof Gawkowski, but besides Konrad Gołota, Deputy Minister of State Assets, Adam Leszkiewicz, president of the Polish Armed Forces Group and local local local local and parliamentarians, including the president of Bydgoszcz and the Kujawsko-Pomeranian Voivodeship, came with a working visit.
Visit to production facilities different types of mines and Baobab K overhead miner platforms (version on the wheel chassis) and Baobab G (version on the caterpillar chassis) took place respective days after the president announced veto to the SAFE Act. Belma is to be 1 of the largest beneficiaries of the EU low-interest debt scheme. However, as Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski stressed, today's gathering was much earlier planned and had a direct connection with the multi-million investment programme implemented by the Bydgoszcz plant. For PLN 311 million, Bydgoszcz Electromechanical Plant “Belma” in the coming years will not only buy additional areas, where a fresh production hall will be built, but besides modernize the machinery park and hire fresh employees. – Investment in Belma will increase the efficiency of production processes. By utilizing automatic production lines we will reduce labour intensity, reduce production costs, but above all we will increase the number of anti-tank mines produced – said Deputy Prime Minister Gawkowski.
Adam Leszkiewicz, the president of the PGZ – whose part is Belma – announced that the Bydgoszcz company could increase the production of mines to at least 250 1000 pieces per year. – In fact, we would say that we want to produce all quantity for which there will be a request from the Polish army or abroad contractors – said Leszkiewicz. As he stressed, the company has already received questions about the sale of mines and platforms for overhead mines by the States that participate in the SAFE programme.
Deputy Minister of State Assets Konrad Golota spoke about spending on expanding production. As he explained, although the funds for the expansion of Belma's production capacity come from the Capital Investment Fund (PLN 50 million is already on the company's account, and the remaining pool from PLN 311 million will hit in 3 months), this fast increase in production will be possible only due to the fact that the company thought forward. Belma assuming the withdrawal of Poland from Ottawa Convention She expected a sharp increase in request for mines from both the Polish Army and another European armies.
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