Panattoni Europe is developing a manufacturing facility for global leader in motion products and control systems, Johnson Electric. The 9,600m² investment is under development in Będzin and the company will be able to launch production there as early as September. The international advisory firm Colliers International brokered the contract.
The trend for developing industrial facilities in the BTS formula in commercial real estate is reflected by Panattoni Europe’s new investment for Johnson Electric Poland – part of an international group operating in the electrical technology sector, a leading manufacturer of subsystems for a range of industries, including automotive, home appliance and medical applications. The upcoming investment, totalling 9,600m2, will be a factory making engines, switches and control systems (relays, valves). The manufacturing section will take up 6,100m², while office and staff facilities – as much as 3,500m².
The investment for Johnson Electric is an example of how currently used space can be optimised to enable further business growth. The company’s existing factory is scattered over several buildings in Dąbrowa Górnicza, and stands to be replaced by a single multi-functional industrial facility whose manufacturing section can be expanded in the future by an extra 6,000m² or so.
Robert Dobrzycki, chief executive officer Europe Panattoni Europe, comments: “Custom tailored facilities fulfil the expectations of companies which seek to pursue their own, unique business model. A model that enables them to achieve a competitive edge and at the same time paves the way to business growth, while keeping all the necessary processes intact, at an optimal cost and within the shortest time possible.” The extendibility of the manufacturing section also creates prospects of new job creation ─ in the current, first stage of operations, Johnson Electric will employ some 1,000 people.
Due to the planned new hires, and the anticipated three-shift work pattern, the investment will come with a 6,000m² car park featuring 400 employee parking spaces. Additionally, installations in the facility will include an overpressure ventilation system; a busway system; compressed air and chilled water installations; epoxy flooring and the so-called clean rooms with a controlled atmosphere, in terms of e.g. dust contamination, to ensure the necessary sterile conditions required in the production process.
Johnson Electric Poland’s new facility is located in the area of ul. Krakowska and ul. Zagórska, in the south-eastern part of the city, near the administrative city limits of Będzin and Sosnowiec. At the same time, it is only 4 km away from the company’s existing factory in Dąbrowa Górnicza.
Source: Panattoni
