Dell Receives EU Permission to Accept Government Money From Poland

From DailyTech: The European Commission has given the Polish government a green light to transfer $80.7M in aid to Dell, allowing the tech giant to build a factory.

Dell will close its Limerick, Ireland, manufacturing plant -- which was announced earlier in the year -- shifting the company's European focus to Poland. The plant closure in Ireland will cost the country 1,900 total jobs, though financial aid up to $22M will be provided to the Limerick region.

The U.S.-based company chose Poland due to the region's growing economic activity, especially as central and eastern European PC sales are expected to rise around 14 percent per year over the next few years.

"Our assessment shows that the project's contribution to regional development and job creation in a disadvantaged region of Poland outweighs any potential negative effects," said Neelie Kross, EU antitrust chief. "For "For cases like this, which could present a high risk of distorting competition and where job losses in other member states have been pointed to, we need to conduct a detailed economic analysis of the market and of the impact of the aid before taking a decision."

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