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Looking to recapture role as promised landAn industrial renaissance for Polish city MARKETPLACE by Bloomberg
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International Herald Tribune
08-02-2006
It was supposed to be the promised land of textile workers a century ago. Now Lodz is pinning its hopes for a manufacturing revival on washing machines and disposable shavers.Gillette last month opened its largest razor factory in the city. The $120 million plant is also the single biggest international investment the city has attracted in the past decade. Two of every five home appliances sold in Poland already are made in Lodz, ...