The preliminary results of the Jury voting are in – and the following firms have made the “Short List” for the inaugural FDI Poland Investor Awards Gala, to be held 17 October at the Intercontinental Hotel in Warsaw.

FDI Poland Investor Awards and Forum
17th October, 2013
Intercontinental Hotel, Warsaw
The preliminary results of the Jury voting are in – and the following firms have made the “Short List” for the inaugural FDI Poland Investor Awards Gala, to be held 17 October at the Intercontinental Hotel in Warsaw.

Top American Investor of the Year
IBM
Intel Technology
Pittsburgh Glass Works
3M
GM Manufacturing Poland

Top Canadian Investor of the Year
Rathdowney Resources Ltd.
Thomson Reuters (Markets) Europe SA
Miedzi Copper Corporation
Bombardier Transportation Polska

Top German/Austrian Investor of the Year
Compensa TU S.A. (Vienna Insurance Group)
BASF Polska Sp. z o.o.
IVG
Bayer Sp. z o.o.
Kuehne + Nagel
METRO Group

Top Swiss Investor of the Year
Clariant Polska Sp. z o.o.
Credit Suisse (Poland), Center of Excellence Wroclaw
Nestle Polska S.A.
ABB

Top British or Irish Investor of the Year
Souter Holdings Poland (PolskiBus)
Novostrat Limited
GlaxoSmithKline
BAT (British American Tobacco)

Top French Investor of the Year
ATOS IT Services
GDF SUEZ Energia Polska S.A.
Veolia Uslugi dla Srodowiska SA
Hutchinson
Lafarge

Top Iberian (Spain, Portugal) Investor of the Year
EDP Renewables
Neinver
Jeronimo Martins (Biedronka)
Bank Millennium

Top BeNeLux (Belgium, Netherlands, Lux) Investor of the Year
Ghelamco Poland
CFE Polska
Philips
Liebrecht & Wood

Top Scandinavian Investor of the Year
Netto Sp. z o.o.
SKS Connecto Polska Sp. z o.o.
IKEA
Itella
Fortum Power & Heat

Top Asian Investor of the Year
Mitsui & Co. Ltd.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Poland
Keeway

Top Italian Investor of the Year
WSK PZL-Swidnik S.A. (AgustaWestland)
Brembo Poland Sp. z o.o.
Manuli Rubber Industries S.p.A

Top Investor of the Year – Rest of World
Infosys BPO Poland (India)
DCT Gdansk SA (Australia)
Superpharm (Israel)

FDI Investor of the Decade
Thomson Reuters (Markets) Europe SA
Roche Polska Sp. z o.o.
DCT Gdansk SA
Intel Technology Poland
United Technologies Corporation
Hutchinson

Top Technology Park of the Year
Bydgoszcz Industrial and Technological Park
EÅ‚k Science & Technology Park
Gornoslaski Technology Park (GPP)

Top Special Economic Zone (SEZ) of the Year
Katowice Special Economic Zone
SÅ‚upska SSE
Pomorska SSE (Pomeranian SEZ)
Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone

The 22-person Jury (http://fdipolandawards.pl/jury.html) will make its final vote on 16 October (one night before the final FDI Awards Gala).
We have had an overwhelmingly positive response for this inaugural FDI Poland Awards, with over 650 top foreign companies contacted for the event. We are assembling an extraordinary group of top foreign investors powering Poland's economy – top executives at large international companies from more than 25 countries.
This one-day event includes a morning of high-impact discussion panels covering key issues for large foreign investors, followed by the evening opening cocktails at 18:30, dinner, and Gala Awards with networking opportunities throughout the day and into the late evening.

Attending the Gala & Forum:
Single ticket Gala only: 1400pln (or 1120 pln discounted price for Chamber members)
Gala and Forum ticket: 1800pln
Corporate Table-of-10: 11800pln (includes table flag with company logo and 2 tickets to the FDI Investment Forum & Gala)
Tickets can be reserved online at www.FDIPolandAwards.pl

For additional information about Sponsorship or attendance, contact Thom Barnhardt (tb@biznespolska.pl; 508-143-963) or Wiktor Glinski (wglinski@biznespolska.pl)