Polaris Industries Inc. announced the opening of a new manufacturing plant in Opole, Poland, on Tuesday, the first outside North America for the maker of on- and off-road power sports vehicles.
The new plant gives the Medina company a 345,000-square-foot facility in the heart of Europe, where Polaris sells all-terrain vehicles, electric cars and other products across the continent.
The new factory will have 300 employees and expects to ship the first products to customers by the first quarter of 2015. The plant will make about 35 different ATV models for six Polaris subsidiaries and 30 distributors in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Polaris CEO Scott Wine said in a statement that Polaris has a goal of having a third of its total revenue outside of the United States. As a result, "The Opole facility is a cornerstone of our international growth plans."
In 2013, 72 percent of Polaris' sales came from the U.S., 12 percent from Canada and 16 percent from other countries, chiefly in Europe.
Dee DePass
