Dzien dobry (Hello). Lodz (pronounced "woodge") is both a city and the capital of the Lodz Voivodeship (region) in Poland. The City of Lodz with over 700,000 people, is the third largest city in Poland when compared to Krakow to the sout h and Warsaw to the northeast. For a while during World War II the government of Poland operated from Lodz.  

Lodz has its own airport, Lodz Wladyslaw Reymont Airport with rail connection to the Warsaw Centralina rail station. The city is conveniently connected by a pleasant hour and a half train ride, between the Warsaw Centralina rail station and the Lodz Fabryczna rail station in the center of the City of Lodz.  There is also a train between the Lodz airport and the Warsaw Chopin Airport.

Lodz is the home to a number of American companies.  The University of Lodz will become your academic and technology transfer partner as well as will the Technical University of Lodz. There are many other institutions of higher education in Lodz, including the Medical University of Lodz.

Lodz was a major textile manufacturing city for many years.  After 1989, the ubiquitous red brick textile factories began to be converted for other uses, including libraries, arts and cultural centers, and for other manufacturing purposes. Manufactura is a large, modern shopping center created from historic textile mills. 

The main shopping and entertainment street in Lodz is Piotrkawska, one of the longest and most interesting shopping streets anywhere. The British International School Lodz provides primary/secondary education for children from 5 to 14 years of age. Rotarians will find welcoming clubs in Lodz.

The symbol of the Lodz region and the City of Lodz is the boat. Lodz means "boat" in English.  This symbol is appropriate as the boat was the primary means of transportation and commerce prior to the development of railroads. The origins of Lodz are depicted in the classic 1975 Andrzej Wajda film, The Promised Land, from the novel by Wladyslaw Reymont.

The Lodz Regional Development Agency and the Economic Development office of the City of Lodz provide American companies with financial, cultural and quality of life incentives.  And, the Lodz region as well as Poland as a whole is doing well in these economic times. The value of the Polish currency, the zloty, is very attractive for Americans with dollars. Lodz is a biotech center, including Boost Biotech Poland.   

What is your perception of Poland? 

Emerson Smith, a sociologist, says, "I was born in Chicago, where many Poles live as part of the Polonia, the worldwide diaspora. My first visit to Poland was on a train, the Venice Simplon-Orient Express, traveling from Vienna, through Slovakia and Poland, and on to Prague.  In Poland, we stopped in Krakow, Warsaw, Malbork, Bydgoszcz and Poznan.

"It was, and still is, a beautiful country with thriving cities, universities, farms, and businesses. I felt an attachment to the people of Poland because I was born in a city with many Polish people, good food, and a rich culture. I made a decision to return.

"Before I visited Poland the second time, this time to work on economic development with the biotech industry, I visited the Polish Consulate in Chicago to learn more about Poland. I was given a lot of helpful information and advice. I now have lifelong friendships in Poland. I will always be coming back."

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Metromark encourages you to learn more about your company's opportunities in the Lodz region of Poland.  If you are selling to customers in Europe and Poland now, you should consider establishing, at least, an office here.  We would love to tell you more about our personal experience in this region, from an American perspective.  Call us in the US at +1 803 256 8694  (US Eastern time zone) or email us. Dziekujemy (Thank you).