A UK process filter maker has celebrated the official opening of an expanded, purpose-built 2,800 sq m manufacturing hub near Warsaw.

The production, warehouse and office facility on the new CTPark Nowy Konik industrial park, around 15 miles east of the city centre, is designed to help Amazon Filters’ Polish subsidiary strengthen its reach into industry sectors across Poland, east and central Europe and beyond.

The firm became the first confirmed tenant on the park under a long-term lease deal with site owner CTP, Europe’s biggest listed developer and operator of logistics and industrial real estate.

Amazon Filters team members joined CTP, local authority and business community representatives for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening. The new hub replaces a smaller Amazon Filters facility which had been operating in a mainly residential area of the Polish capital since 2014.

Jan Gradoń, President of the Management Board of Amazon Filters Sp. z.o.o., praised colleagues in the subsidiary’s 30-strong team for achieving a smooth relocation and ensuring shifts could begin again as quickly as possible.

“This is a proud moment and a huge milestone for Amazon Filters,” said Jan.

“We were able to restart production within a week and a half without any negative impact on our customers and supply chain. It is a great team achievement to have had ten production machines verified and made ready for action in just a matter of days. I thank everyone involved in the physical move and especially colleagues Pawel Kmuk and Wojtek Witkiewicz for their huge engagement in the whole process."

"This larger location significantly increases our capacity in Poland and marks an important step in our continued growth and commitment to supporting customers in markets across Europe and further afield.”

The new hub comprises 1,175 sq m of production space, 1,092 sq m of warehousing and 509 sq m of offices. It complements an already well-established Amazon Filters sales and distribution hub in Germany where ten managers and staff are based, and the 41-year-old firm’s main global production centre in Camberley, Surrey, UK, which has more than 270 employees.

Together the facilities support the manufacture and supply of filtration cartridges and housings for process industries such as municipal water, energy, automotive, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and coatings, and construction.

Among its specific activities, the Nowy Konik plant will produce key lines of filtration cartridges made through a meltblown polymer process. These include the ranges SupaGard, SupaSpun, Contour, VisClear, and Kilbac, all featured in solutions that reach customers worldwide through a network of direct sales and specialist distributors.

Being located some 300 km from the Ukrainian border, the new hub has already begun supporting Amazon Filters’ Kyiv-based distributor Tecsa. The two companies’ partnership is focused on helping to maintain and repair filtration solutions in Ukraine’s war-damaged pharmaceuticals sector and supply chain logistics.

The hub will also build on Amazon Filters’ long-standing research and development programmes with the nearby Warsaw University of Technology.