Kielce is the capital of Świętokrzyskie — a central Polish regional capital with a tradition of engineering and building-materials industry. It's best known for Targi Kielce, Poland's largest trade fairs, which annually host manufacturers of industrial automation, machine tools and logistics systems.
Targi Kielce — trade fairs
Targi Kielce hosts the main PL engineering trade fairs annually — MACH-TOOL (machine tools), STOM (welding technology), AUTOSTRADA-POLSKA (road machinery), PNEUMATICON (pneumatic components), KOMPONENT-EXPO. For an integrator it's an indirect segment — Targi Kielce isn't a client, but a business hub where the whole Polish engineering orbit meets. For us there's a valuable networking opportunity with local distributors and integrators in PL.
MAN Truck & Bus Polska Starachowice — buses
MAN Truck & Bus Polska operates in Starachowice (60 km north-east of Kielce) production of MAN Lion's City buses — diesel + hybrid city buses for the European market. For an integrator it's a classic Tier-1 transport supplier segment parallel to Volvo Buses Wrocław or Solaris Bolechowo — MAN Produktionssystem audit framework, IATF 16949 quality management, MES integration, and OPC UA backbone between lines.
Our specialisation in Sondermaschinenbau, robotic integration and injection lines (Engel, KraussMaffei, Yushin) has natural application here.
Pilkington Sandomierz (NSG Group) — automotive glass
Pilkington in Sandomierz (90 km south of Kielce) is part of NSG Group and produces automotive glass for the entire European automotive market — VW, BMW, Mercedes, Stellantis. For an integrator it's the glass process industry with typical traits: high-temperature zones (melting at 1,500 °C, fettling at 600 °C), pressure equipment for lamination presses (mandatory UDT), and robotic manipulation of large-format glass via KUKA or ABB.
The UDT process is intense here — every lamination press, every vacuum chamber, every pressure vessel requires UDT certification.
Animex Foods Kielce — meat industry
Animex Foods (since 2017 in Smithfield Foods, Smithfield since 2013 in WH Group) operates in Kielce and surrounding Sokołów Podlaski production capacities for pork and poultry products. For an integrator it's the food process industry parallel to Drosed (Białystok) or Indykpol (Olsztyn).
Echo Investment — real-estate developer
Echo Investment with HQ in Kielce is one of the largest Polish real-estate developers with an industrial arm (logistics parks, production halls). For an integrator Echo is interesting through the **Electro + Smart Buildings** combination — when Echo builds a new logistics park or production hall, questions of electrical installation, structured cabling, and smart-building integration come up.
Our commuting relationship
From Prešov 5 hours by car on D1 and A4. For Kielce we work Monday-to-Friday mode with accommodation for longer projects, or one-day trips with a late return for site visits.
Conclusion
Świętokrzyskie is for us a moderately distant PL market with several technically interesting clients — notably MAN Starachowice (parallel to Volvo Buses), Pilkington Sandomierz (glass process industry), and Echo Investment (logistics parks and production halls). Actively looking for the first client via these segments.