page_title: Prudnik
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Prudnik / Economy
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Prudnik - byłe Zakłady Przemysłu Bawełnianego „Frotex“ S.A.
context_page_description: Prudnik is a town in Poland, located in the southern part of Opole Voivodeship near the border with the Czech Republic. It is the administrative seat of Prudnik County and Gmina Prudnik. Its population numbers 21,368 inhabitants. Since 2015, Prudnik is a member of the Cittaslow International.
  The town was founded in the 1250s, and was historically part of the Polish-ruled Duchy of Opole, and afterwards was located within the Habsburg Monarchy, Poland, Habsburg Monarchy again, Prussia, Germany, and eventually Poland again. It was once an important industrial hub known for its shoe-making traditions and more recently towel making by the ZPB "Frotex" Company, one of the largest towel manufacturers in Europe. The town also possesses numerous architectural monuments and historic buildings such as the Main Town Hall and "Wok's Tower" from the 14th-century.
context_section_description: The biggest corporations in Prudnik were Zakłady Przemysłu Bawełnianego "Frotex", which got closed in 2014 and Prudnickie Zakłady Obuwia "Primus", which got closed in 2007.
  Currently, the major industrial plants in Prudnik are:
  Steinpol Central Services (furniture industry)
  Spółdzielnia "Pionier" (auto parts industry)
  Artech Polska (printing cartridges industry)
  Okręgowa Spółdzielnia Mleczarska (food industry)
  Henniges Automotive (auto parts industry)
caption: ZPB "Frotex"
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