ElectroMobility Poland (EMP) and Taiwan’s Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) are reported to be in the closing stages of a deal to build an electric‑vehicle production and R&D hub in Jaworzno, southern Poland. Foxconn chair Young Liu told delegates at Hon Hai Tech Day on 30 October 2026 that talks with EMP are "very advanced" and pledged a partnership to create a European EV value chain.
Timeline and scale
Polish press reporting and company comments say a binding agreement could be signed before the end of 2026. EMP chief Cyprian Gronkiewicz told Rzeczpospolita that he expects the contract to be completed "very soon" and that construction at Jaworzno should start in March–April 2027, with the first cars leaving the line in the second half of 2029.
Public reporting and EMP/Foxconn statements outline an ambitious project scale: initial annual capacity cited at around 120,000 cars with modular expansion potential up to 360,000 units, and a plant workforce of roughly 4,500 at full output plus an R&D centre employing around 1,000 specialists. Financing has been framed around Poland’s Recovery Plan (KPO); the National Fund for Environmental Protection (NFOŚiGW) has already channelled about PLN 4.5bn to EMP as part of the project funding.
What this means for the market
If finalised, the EMP–Foxconn tie‑up would be one of the largest near‑term industrial moves in Central and Eastern Europe. The project would create a sizeable new manufacturing hub in Poland that could shift regional supplier demand toward Polish and neighbouring‑CEE component makers: Bankier reports EMP and Foxconn expect high local content (circa 70%) and significant local supplier development. That level of local content, if realised, would re‑route parts volumes that currently feed Western European plants.
