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Moving with the times: Factory relocation forms basis for business model

By Jan Cienski in Warsaw

Published: November 16 2010 15:56 | Last updated: November 16 2010 15:56

Economic dislocation is the driving force of business, and for Poland's Pol-Inowex it is also a very good way to make a living.

That is because the company has specialised in tearing down and moving factories that have been driven out of business, relocated to cheaper countries or been made obsolete by better technology. The business gives Pol-Inowex a good view of the economic trends transforming the European Union, particularly after the admission of Poland and other low-cost central European countries in 2004 and 2007.

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