Poland’s Valeo lighting plant in Chrzanów has been put forward as a likely supplier for the country’s planned Electromobility Hub in Jaworzno after a delegation of government and local officials visited the site on 2 November 2026. The visit underlined the plant’s existing production capabilities and the potential to supply lighting and electronics modules to a domestic EV programme.
What happened at Chrzanów
Officials touring Valeo’s Chrzanów facility saw its production lines for modern automotive lighting and discussed “the possibility of involving the Chrzanów plant in the production of components for the Polish electric car to be built in Jaworzno”, according to the local county office report of the visit. The Chrzanów site employs around 2,500 people and already produces advanced lighting units for global carmakers.
Valeo’s corporate information notes the group has multiple production sites in Poland, giving it the industrial footprint to expand supply to new vehicle programmes should procurement decisions favour domestic suppliers. The company describes its Polish operations as spanning lighting, thermal and electronics activities across several factories.
Jaworzno project context
The Chrzanów visit comes as the Polish Electromobility Hub in Jaworzno — a state‑backed industrial project — moves from planning toward implementation. The Polish government has committed PLN 4.5 billion from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) to the Jaworzno hub, with construction scheduled to begin in 2026 and the first vehicles targeted for 2029. The state entity ElectroMobility Poland has been working with a strategic industrial partner on the programme.
Foxconn was announced as a strategic manufacturing partner for the Jaworzno electric‑vehicle project earlier in 2026, with public statements and industry reporting indicating the collaboration is expected to underpin vehicle production capacity at the hub from 2029. That partnership — and the hub’s intended scope, which includes battery pack and final assembly stages — is the type of programme that could create orders for lighting, electronics and mechatronics suppliers in Poland and the wider region.
What this means for the market
If Valeo’s Chrzanów plant is formally selected to supply the Jaworzno project, it would be a near‑shoring win for Polish and Central European suppliers: localising high‑value electronic and lighting module production inside Poland would shorten supply chains for the Jaworzno hub and strengthen supplier content for a project the government has framed as a national industrial priority. The Chrzanów site’s existing workforce of roughly 2,500 and Valeo’s multi‑site presence in Poland give the firm immediate capacity to scale for new programmes — but any contract award will depend on procurement decisions by ElectroMobility Poland and its industrial partner.
For other suppliers across Central and Eastern Europe, the Jaworzno project remains a potential source of follow‑on business: bodyshop, battery, powertrain electronics and ADAS component makers could all compete for sub‑contracts if the hub reaches its planned production ramp. The timeline to 2029 means supply contracts and prototype development work are likely to be tendered over the coming 12–24 months.
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Sources: Powiat Chrzanowski, Valeo, Gov.pl, Electrive, Polskie Radio
