Stalowa Wola
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Stalowa Wola is a city in south-eastern Poland, on the river San, with 72,100 inhabitants (2000). Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodship (1975-1998).
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[edit] History
The modern city is relatively young. It was established around a steel mill which was set up in order to manufacture high alloy steels and weapons - artillery, heavy machine guns in 1937. The name of the city means "Steel Will". However, it was built on the side of the Pławo village which had existed since the first half of the 15th century.
The steel mill (HSW S.A.) was a major part of a series of investements made by the Polish government in the years 1936-1939 to create the Central Industrial Region. This was to be a group of factories built in an area in the middle of the country, away from the borders with Germany and the USSR. It was designed to provide a reasonably secure location for the production of armaments and high technology goods.
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The main employer is sill HSW S.A.(manufacturer of heavy machines and hi-quality alloys), then StahlSchmidt(producer of aluminium rims),then ESW-(coal power plant), Prefabet Stalowa Wola (building materials), Mostostal S.A.(steel construction-bridges, tanks and so on).
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