EU Funds

In 2005-2009 INTERSPORT POLSKA S.A. carried out projects jointly financed by the European Union as part of the Sector Operational Programme.


“Increase in competitiveness of companies"
  • “Preparation and implementation of modern procedures of sales and customer management in the Intersport Polska S.A. chain of stores (PU Maks S.A.) in order to improve the Company’s competitiveness on the domestic market"
  • “Advice in launching Intersport Polska S.A. on the stock market”
  • “Implementation and certification of the ISO 9001:2000 quality management system”
  • “Construction of a logistical and warehouse base for Intersport Polska S.A.”
  • “Reconstruction of management through the purchase and implementation of a cohesive ERP-type IT system”
“Development of Human Resources”
  • “Strengthening the human resources potential in Intersport Polska S.A.”


Projects jointly financed by
the European Union with funds from the
European Regional Development Fund


30 December 2008 - new agreement with PARP
 
2008/2009
Agreement on additional financing of 30 December 2008,
2007-2013 Operation 4.4.

30 December 2008
INTERSPORT Polska S.A. signed an agreement with the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development in Warsaw for additional financing for the project called “Implementation of Innovative EPC/RFID Technology in the New Generation Logistics Centre”, carried out under the Innovative Economy Operational Programme in 2007-2013, Operation 4.4

28 August 2009
Notification was made to the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland with the joint participation of the Institute of Logistics and Warehousing from Poznań, on obtaining a patent for an invention being an RFID gateway, operating in the New Generation Logistics Centre in Cholerzyn near Kraków.
The notification was called “Warehouse gateway”
Notification number: P.388902

3 September 2009
Notification was made to the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland on obtaining a patent for the invention with the name INTERSEZON.
The notification was called “Method of automatised product sale organisation and the system of automatised product sale organisation.”
Notification number: P.388954

30 September 2009
Opening of the New Generation Logistics Centre of INTERSPORT Polska S.A. in Cholerzyn near Kraków – Cholerzyn 382, 32-060 Liszki. The total cost of carrying out the project in accordance with the Agreement and later annexes is PLN 21,114,477.16. Additional financing to carry out the project was approved for the amount of PLN 9,337,933.37, 85 per cent of which being additional financing from the European Regional Development Fund’s resources and 15 per cent a special subsidy.
3 November 2009
The second RFID/EPC conference, organised by the RFID Innovation Centre/GS1 Norway, was held in Oslo. The first EPC/RFID conference in 2008 attracted 180 participants from Norway as well as other EU countries. In 2009, fourteen institutions took part in the conference, including IBM, Microsoft, GS1 Smart Centre and also the Institute of Logistics and Warehousing, which presented the implementation of the EPC/RFID system in INTERSPORT Polska S.A., being the first project of its kind in Poland and one of the first in Europe.

27 November 2009
The final tranche of the subsidy has been received!
The final amount of the subsidy actually received by INTERSPORT Polska S.A. to additionally finance the “Implementation of Innovative EPC/RFID Technology in the New Generation Logistics Centre” project was the maximum level of PLN 9,337,933.37.

12 February 2010
In a decision by the jury in the competition for the Polish Logistics Association’s Award 2010, the project entitled “Implementation of Innovative EPC/RFID Technology in the New Generation Logistics Centre of INTERSPORT Polska S.A.” qualified for the competition’s second stage.

29 April 2010
The notification to the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland on obtaining a patent for the invention with the name INTERSEZON was updated.
The notification was called “Method of automatised product sale organisation and the system of automatised product sale organisation.”
New number of notification: P.391102
12 May 2010
The jury in the competition for the Polish Logistics Association’s Award 2010 granted a distinction to INTERSPORT Polska S.A. for undertaking and carrying out the project entitled “Implementation of Innovative EPC/RFID Technology in the New Generation Logistics Centre of INTERSPORT Polska S.A.”

June 2010
The Polish Association of Civil Engineers and Technicians (PZITB), the General Inspector of Building Control and the Ministry of Infrastructure awarded the Grade II Prize in the PZITB’s “Construction Project of the Year 2009” competition to the investor INTERSPORT Polska S.A. and the general contractor Przedsiębiorstwo Usługowo-Budowlane WAKO mgr inż. J. Wasilewski, mgr inż. Z. Kowalik Spółka Jawna in Kraków.

13 April 2011
At the headquarters of INTERSPORT Polska S.A., a TGW Seminar will be held in the series “Automation in logistics processes” with the title “Innovative logistics of INTERSPORT – an automatic storage and completing system”.
 
“Project and launching of EPC/RFID globally innovative technology”
 
LINKS to websites:
Official portal of the European Union - http://europa.eu/index_pl.htm
Portal of the EU Funds Innovative Economy Programme - http://europa.eu/index_pl.htm
Ministry of Regional Development - http://www.mrr.gov.pl/

Contact details of competent person who will provide information on the project carried out:
Piotr Mierzwa, tel: +48 12 444 48 451, email: piotr.mierzwa@intersport.pl
 

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