New Printworks for Poland

The Polish state-owned printer and papermaker PWPW is building a new banknote printing plant and paper mill on an 18-hectare site in Warsaw, recently purchased from the state-owned pharmaceutical company Polfa Tarchomin for PLN 143 million (€32 million).

The history of PWPW dates back to 1919, when the government of the newly-liberated country decided to establish a state printer. The current premises date back to that time and are already at 100% capacity, but the building is under protected status and cannot, therefore, be expanded or developed.

The forthcoming construction of a new printworks and paper mill represents a strategic investment from the perspective of the Polish state and its citizens, said the Minister of the Interior, Mariusz Kamiński, under whose department PWPW reports. ‘We are safeguarding future generations of Poles, [ensuring] that every citizen can be sure of access to Polish currency, to cash.’