Deputy Defence Minister Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka named the Military Vehicle Works (WZM) as the site on Thursday, and said more than 200 K2 tanks have already been delivered to Poland.
She added that servicing the equipment domestically — rather than sending it abroad — "strengthens Poland's security."
Hyundai Rotem Europe president Kyung Tae Kang said the Polish-Korean partnership, forged "despite many obstacles," would be developed further "to support Poland's defence industry."
State arms group PGZ president Adam Leszkiewicz linked the move to wider plans to merge WZM with steelmaker H. Cegielski-Poznań (HCP) into a new company, which could later help build the Niedźwiedź infantry fighting vehicle and support vehicles for the Borsuk.
A letter of intent on the merger was signed in June, with completion expected in early 2028.
WZM already services Abrams and Leopard tanks; HCP, majority-owned by PGZ, makes steel structures and engine parts.
Grzegorz Szkaradek, who heads both firms, said Poznań would not begin servicing K2 engines this year, as separate facilities are needed first.
WZM will also need more staff, he said, and is building three new production halls to shift work from HCP's Poznań site.
Poland ordered 180 K2 tanks from South Korea in 2022, followed by a second contract for 180 more in August 2025: 116 in the K2GF configuration, arriving between 2026 and 2028, and 64 in the Poland-adapted K2PL version between 2028 and 2030.
Most K2PL tanks will be built at the Bumar-Łabędy plant in the southern city of Gliwice.
In April, PGZ signed a subcontract with Hyundai Rotem covering K2 production and servicing in Poland.
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Source: PAP