On Thursday, July 16, 2026, Jelcz, a Jelcz-Laskowice-based company belonging to the Polish Armaments Group (PGZ), announced on social media that it had signed an agreement with another PGZ company, Rosomak of Siemianowice Śląskie, to sublease one of the production halls at the former Rafako plant in Racibórz.
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According to the company, the agreement marks another stage in the process of taking over infrastructure at the former Rafako plant and establishing a new Jelcz branch in Racibórz.
The acquired assets are ultimately expected to accommodate three key Polish Armaments Group projects:
- Jelcz will use three production halls to manufacture specialized chassis for the Polish Armed Forces, including vehicles for missile and radar systems under the Narew program.
- Rosomak will establish a welding line for large armored vehicle hulls in the hall it is currently leasing and ultimately plans to purchase. This will increase production capacity and provide greater flexibility in manufacturing Rosomak wheeled armored personnel carriers.
- The final hall will provide space for the San air defense battery module program, which is intended to include counter-UAS capabilities. In cooperation with the Katowice Special Economic Zone, the office building will be commercialized and its office space leased to tenants.
Jelcz expects the first vehicles to leave the new production line by the end of 2026. Once full production capacity is reached, the facility is expected to manufacture up to 700 vehicles annually.
On April 30 this year, Jelcz signed an agreement with Rafako’s bankruptcy trustee to lease assets at the company’s Racibórz plant. A letter of intent concerning the merger of Jelcz and RFK was also signed. The lease of Rafako’s organized business unit gives Jelcz a right of first refusal.
Jelcz has secured a right of first refusal over the assets forming part of Rafako’s organized business unit, which the bankruptcy trustee will sell through a tender process. Funding for the acquisition is expected to come partly from PGZ’s own resources and those of other Group companies involved in the project, with possible additional support from the Capital Investment Fund and the Silesian Voivodeship Transformation Fund.
A letter of intent was also signed concerning Jelcz’s acquisition of RFK, which is expected to take place around the first and second quarters of 2027.
In addition to the facilities in Racibórz, Jelcz currently operates its main plant in Jelcz-Laskowice, while additional production is carried out at the Huta Stalowa Wola–Autosan Branch plant in Sanok. On March 5 this year, the company signed an agreement to build a new factory in Miłoszyce near Jelcz-Laskowice. Last year, it also began cooperation with Wielton Defence of Wieluń and SKB Drive Tech of Radomsko. Despite these measures, Jelcz is continuing to seek ways to expand its production capacity because contract deliveries have been delayed by insufficient manufacturing capacity (Polish company Jelcz seeks partners for truck assembly).
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