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Already 20,000 people employed in business services sector

According to the newest ABSL report “Business Services in Katowice & the Katowice Agglomeration”, the Katowice & agglomeration’s attractiveness for investors from the business services sector grows.

At present the service centres in Katowice and the Katowice Agglomeration owned by Polish and foreign capital employ around 20,000 people.

Taking into account corporate development plans in the Katowice Agglomeration, it can be assumed that by the end of 2020 development in the sector will reach roughly 23,000 individuals.

In the Katowice Agglomeration operate 92 service centres, owned by 82 investors from 20 countries. These are mainly companies from the United States (21), Polish (23) and German (8) enterprises but also include corporations from the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and 12 other countries. IT services are the main specialization in the Katowice Agglomeration as they generate around 51% of the employment in the sector.

Here invested such companies as: Accenture, Arvato Polska, Bombardier, Capgemini, Diebold Nixdorf, Eurofins, Groupon, Guardian, HireRight, IBM, ING, Knauf, Kroll Ontrack, Mentor Graphics, Oracle, Perform Media, PwC, Rockwell Automation, Sii, Sopra Steria, Teleperformance, Unilever or Wipro.

ABSL DIAMONDS AWARDS ANNOUNCED

On December 12th , 2018 during an official ABSL gala held in Warsaw at the InterContinental Hotel, the winners of the ABSL Diamonds Awards were selected - the contest of the business services sector, which aims to promote innovative solutions and to appreciate companies contributing to the development of the industry.The awards were granted in 6 categories: Business Excellence, Customer Experience, Vibrant Workplace, Employer Branding, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Talent Development & Education. The award in the Employer Branding category, which was presented by Bogumił Sobula, the First Deputy Mayor of Katowice, received Accenture Operations for the campaign addressed to the Y and Z generations, which significantly increased the number of applications submitted for work at Accenture. »

Fujitsu has chosen Katowice

Fujitsu Global Delivery Center (GDC) Poland opens a new office in Katowice. New office for Fujitsu Global Delivery Center Poland is due to open in Katowice in July 2018. The company plans to hire 200 highly skilled employees for various IT roles. Fujitsu’s Katowice GDC office will be located in .KTW I – a building designed by Silesian Medusagroup architectural design studio.Marcin Krupa, Mayor of Katowice, comments: “Fujitsu’s decision to choose our city is proof that Katowice remains a strong brand on Poland’s investment map. We are more than happy that yet another global giant appreciates that our city and the metropolis with more than two million residents both have great investment potential and are, at the same time, great place to live.”During the coming months, Fujitsu plans to recruit 200 new employees in various specialist roles for the services delivered out of Katowice to global customers. Recruitment for new talent has just started. Open positions in the Katowice office can be found and applied through the website www.czasnazdolnyslask.pl »

JCommerce opens a new headquarters in Katowice

JCommerce opens its new headquarters in the Katowice Business Point office building at ks. Piotra Ściegiennego 3, located next to the Silesia City Center shopping mall.JCommerce specializes in IT outsourcing, as well as designing, consulting and implementing IT solutions in the areas of Business Intelligence, ERP, Enterprise Mobility Management and dedicated systems and applications.The new office with an area of 500 sq m will cover, together with the existing space, over 1900 sq m of office space in total.New specialists, mainly Java programmers, .Net, PHP, Front-End, FullStack developers, as well as Business Intelligence and ERP systems consultants, software testers and business analysts are being sought for both the new location and the second branch of JCommerce in Katowice. »

TÜV Rheinland has opened a Shared Services Center in Katowice

TÜV Rheinland, an international corporation dealing in certification and product research and technology, has opened a Shared Services Center in Katowice. The company has been present in Poland since 1997, has 7 branches, employing 280 employees. The main area of the company's activity is the certification of products, technologies, management and personnel systems, audits, inspections, verifications and opinions. In Katowice, the company has launched a Shared Services Center that will handle the processes within the TÜV Rheinland Group in the areas of finance and accounting, human resources, IT, purchasing and marketing. In the coming years, the company plans to employ 200 people. The Center inaugurated its activities on February 1. The company's headquarters is located in the Silesia Business Park office building. »

Accenture has opened its office in Katowice

Accenture, offering global services and solutions in consulting, modern technologies and business operations, has officially opened its office in Katowice. The Katowice branch began its operations in July 2017, in a temporary location. In June 2018, the company moved to a new headquarters, located in Silesia Business Park at 148 Chorzowska Street. The employees employed in the Katowice branch of the Advanced Technology Center are mainly experts who deal with technological topics. Ultimately, it is planned to employ several hundred people, at the moment there are over 100 of them. The Polish branch of Accenture is part of a global company serving clients in 120 countries, for whom more than 440,000 specialists work. »