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We build a place where business wants to stay

We are the Łódź Special Economic Zone. We help companies invest in central Poland and grow their business here: we find the land, calculate the relief and take you through the paperwork.

A meeting at a long table in a glass-walled room, a dozen or so people listening to a presentation, with a screen showing the brick factory and a Łódź Special Economic Zone banner in the background

What can we help you with?

We run the whole investment with one team. We calculate the relief, find the land, guide you through the paperwork, then help you grow the company and invite you to our events. All on our side, with no hunting for five different contractors.

  • Handing over a support decision during the ŁSSE gala

    Tax relief

    We will help you use the tax exemption under the Polish Investment Zone. We calculate the relief, pick the location and walk you through the application.

    Check your relief
  • Farmland in Bratoszewice (Stryków municipality) seen from a drone, with tree-lined homesteads

    Land and rentals

    We will find the place for your investment: land for a plant, ready warehouses and offices to rent, and rooms for events.

    See the offers
  • A group of people holding framed diplomas on stage in front of a screen with company logos

    Business development

    We support companies already operating in the region. Deploy technology, co-fund training, find people and prepare for export.

    Explore the support
  • An evening open-air event beside the brick factory, the audience seated in front of a large screen

    Projects and events

    We run projects and meetings that bring together business, science and startups: an accelerator, conferences and events at the Grohman Factory.

    See what is happening

Who runs the Zone

  • Tomasz Sadzyński — president of the management board at the Łódź Special Economic Zone

    President of the Management Board

    Tomasz Sadzyński

    Tomasz Sadzyński. President of the Management Board of the Łódź Special Economic Zone S.A. — today, and previously from 2011 to 2016 — one of the ten best-rated special economic zones in the world according to the fDi Global Free Zones of the Year ranking (Financial Times group). Long associated with Łódź: he has served as Secretary of the Łódź Voivodeship and as a City Councillor, and in 2010, by decision of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, he became Acting Mayor of the City of Łódź.

  • Michał Sobczak — vice-president of the management board at the Łódź Special Economic Zone

    Vice-President of the Management Board

    Michał Sobczak

    Doctor of Economics from the Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the University of Łódź, specialising in property management and housing cooperatives. A member of staff at the university's Department of Investment and Real Estate, and from December 2022 to May 2024 President of the Management Board of the Pojezierska Housing Cooperative. Member of the Polish Federation of Entrepreneurs and Employers Przedsiębiorcy.pl and of the Federation's scientific council.

They trusted us

The region was chosen by companies you know: several hundred investors from Poland and beyond. Around them we gathered the partners who serve them on the spot.

Investors

  • BSH
  • Barry Callebaut
  • Kellogg’s
  • Novartis
  • Infosys
  • Ericsson
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Daikin
  • ABB
  • Fujitsu

Partners

  • Dentons
  • CRIDO
  • Rödl & Partner
  • RSM Poland
  • TAKENAKA
  • Panattoni
  • Randstad
  • FlexiPower Group

You will find every company in the Partner Zone, with a description, a specialisation and a direct contact for each one.

Explore the Partner Zone

The heart of industrial Łódź

It started with brick and cotton. The Grohman Factory, where we sit today, powered industrial Łódź for more than a hundred years.

A bird’s-eye view of the Grohman Factory complex: brick buildings with dark roofs, a courtyard and greenery, the Łódź skyline in the background
The Grohman Factory22G Tymienieckiego Street
  1. 1889

    A textile power

    The Grohmans raise a neo-Gothic factory building on Tymienieckiego Street. The family spinning mill, right beside Scheibler’s empire, belongs to a textile power the whole of Europe hears about.

  2. 1997

    The Zone is created

    The government establishes the Łódź Special Economic Zone. The region gains a tool for drawing investment to the places where weaving mills once worked.

  3. 2013

    The factory comes back to life

    After the revitalisation we move into Grohman’s historic building. The former spinning mill becomes our headquarters and a venue for events.

  4. 2018

    The world notices us

    For the first time we enter the world’s top ten zones in the fDi „Financial Times" ranking. We return to it year after year.

  5. Today

    The largest zone in Poland

    We are the leader among Poland’s 14 zones. Inside Grohman’s walls, where looms once stood, companies, startups and researchers work today.

You can rent a room inside these walls for a conference, a gala or a training session.

Organise an event

What we do for the region

Beyond business we support people and the region. We run our own programmes: scholarships, grants and local events that residents of the Łódź region take part in.

Write to us

Got a question or an idea? Leave a message and pick a topic, and it goes straight to the right department. Prefer a specific person? You will find every contact on the contact page.

The Grohman Factory at dusk, its brick façade and glazed rooftop extension lit with warm light

Who replies, and when

We will get back to you within a few working days

Your message goes to the department you picked in the topic. Prefer a specific person? Every contact is on the contact page.