Suempol to Build New Fish Processing Centre in Poland's West Pomerania, 300 Jobs Planned

Suempol, the oldest smoked-salmon producer in Poland and one of the largest in the world, will build a new fish processing centre in the commune of Pelczyce in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, the Polish trade publication dlahandlu.pl reported. The plant is due to start operations in the fourth quarter of 2027 and is expected to employ around 300 people.

A second production base for the Suempol Group

According to dlahandlu.pl, the project forms part of the long-term development strategy of the Suempol Group. The company presents the new centre as a way to raise its production capacity and, at the same time, to create the base for further expansion on both the domestic and foreign markets. No investment value has been disclosed, and the company has not published capacity targets in tonnes for the site.

The facility is to be equipped with modern process technology. Suempol says the project will be carried out to high standards of production quality and safety and will include solutions reflecting a responsible approach to the environment. Equipment suppliers and technical parameters have not been made public.

Around 300 jobs in a rural commune

The most concrete immediate effect of the investment will be on the local labour market. About 300 people are to be employed at the new plant, dlahandlu.pl reported. For the Pelczyce commune this means not only new jobs but also the build-out of local industrial infrastructure, and the project may rank among the larger economic undertakings carried out in the region in the coming years.

The timetable leaves roughly two years for permitting, construction and equipment installation before commissioning at the end of 2027. Plants of this type depend on cold-chain, water and wastewater infrastructure, and staffing several hundred process positions in a rural area is a separate challenge from building the shell.

Reference visit for residents on 26-27 August

Before the investment takes its full shape, Suempol is opening the project to the local community. On 26 and 27 August, residents of the Pelczyce commune will be able to take part in a reference visit to the company's main production plant in Bielsk Podlaski. Participants will see how the factory operates, the technologies it uses and its environmental solutions. A presentation of quality and production safety standards is also planned, along with the opportunity to speak directly with company representatives, dlahandlu.pl reported. Each large industrial investment brings a local community both new opportunities and questions about its impact on the surroundings.

Nearly four decades in fish processing

The new investment in West Pomeranian Voivodeship fits into the growth of Suempol, which has been building its position in the fish processing industry for close to 40 years. The company operates not only in Poland but also on foreign markets, and the expansion of its production base is intended to let the group increase the scale of its business and respond to rising market demand.

For processors and traders, the structural point matters as much as the plant itself. Poland's smoked-salmon industry is built on imported raw material, since the country has no Atlantic salmon farming of its own; value is added in filleting, smoking, slicing and packing, and the finished product is sold both domestically and abroad. A capacity decision taken now is effectively a commitment on raw-fish sourcing and on export demand at the turn of the decade. The choice of West Pomerania also places the new site in the north-west of the country, closer to the western border than Suempol's existing base in Bielsk Podlaski in the east.