Research and development (R&D) is an innovative sector based on science and commercialisation of scientific developments. R&D is an opportunity both for Poland, as well as for foreign investors. It allows for:
- increasing efficiency,
- lowering costs,
- improving the quality of products,
- possibility of diversification of company’s basic activities.
There are roughly 30 R&D centres in Poland and the number increases each year. Polish R&D centres of foreign enterprises achieve very good results and thus foreign investors are expanding them. Currently they employ 1.8 thousand people. According to the estimates, R&D centres will employ additionally 3 thousand people by the end of the year.
The following foreign companies placed their research and development centres in Poland:
| ABB | Kraków |
| ADB | Zielona Góra |
| Alstom | Elbląg |
| American Management System | Kraków |
| Avon | Garwolin |
| Bombardier | Katowice |
| Bosh - Siemens | Łódź |
| CapGemini Polska | Wrocław |
| Cederroth | Radzymin |
| CH2M HILL | Kraków |
| Delphi Automotive System | Kraków |
| General Electric Aircraft Engines | Warszawa |
| GlaxoSmithKline | Poznań |
| IBM | Kraków |
| Intel | Gdańsk |
| LG Electronics | Ciechanów |
| Lucent Technologies | Bydgoszcz |
| Lurgi | Kraków |
| Microsoft | Warszawa |
| Motorola | Kraków |
| Ontrack | Katowice |
| Oracle | Warszawa |
| Philips | Piła, Kwidzyn |
| Pliva | Kraków |
| Pratt & Whitney | Rzeszów |
| Remy Internationale | Wrocław |
| Samsung Electronics | Warszawa |
| SAS Institute | Warszawa |
| Siemens | Wrocław |
| TopGaN | Warszawa |
| TRW Automotive | Częstochowa |
Source: PAIiIZ S.A., March 2006
