Lenovo has announced that it will be opening a new manufacturing and fulfillment operations center in Legnica, Poland. This new facility will support customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, according to Lenovo.

The new plant will be 30,000 square meters and will employ over 1,000 people once the plant is fully operational in the third quarter of 2008. The plant is expected to have a production capacity of over two million desktop PCs per year. The investment in the new facility is expected to reach over US$20 million once completed.

With the addition of the new plant in Poland, Lenovo will have production and fulfillment facilities on four continents in five countries. This should give Lenovo an advantage in the global PC market over its rivals, according to statements from the Lenovo brass.