At the beginning of the 2000s, Huta Stalowa Wola S.A. faced considerable challenges related to the low level of orders for military products and the effects of the global economic crisis, which particularly affected the civil machinery sector. These difficulties forced the company to verify the current spectrum of activity. In response to these challenges, also at the government level, a number of actions have been taken to support the development of this important industrial center in the Podkarpacie region.
In 2012 the privatization process of the construction machinery division was completed. The funds obtained from privatization were effectively invested in the development of military production. In April 2012, HSW took over the Jelcz company, thus introducing a manufacturer and supplier of wheeled chassis for products offered to the military to its HSW Capital Group. In 2014, HSW became a part of the Polish Armaments Group.
In 2017, Huta Stalowa Wola bought a 50% stake in AUTOSAN, increasing both its potential and the potential of the entire Polish defense industry. The intention of this investment was to acquire the production potential necessary for the Polish defence industry for the implementation of a number of orders under the long-term “Wisła” air and missile defense program. On 1 December 2022, HSW acquired an organised part of the enterprise, establishing the plant as its branch (HSW S.A. Autosan Branch in Sanok).
In 2021, HSW took over Wojskowe Zakłady Inżynieryjne SA in Dęblin and transformed the company into a branch of HSW, which specialises in repairs and modernisations of military equipment used by the Polish Armed Forces, primarily engineering equipment (crossing, earthworks, mine-reconnaissance and sapper machines), as well as motor vehicles for various purposes (including specialized vehicles), tracked vehicles of all types and engines used in this equipment.
On September 28, 2023, Huta Stalowa Wola acquired assets and took over employees from Liugong Dressta Machinery (Stalowa Wola) and therefore established its new branch under the name of Branch I in Stalowa Wola.
In 2022, HSW’s assets were enlarged by a plot of approx. 38 hectares in the immediate vicinity of HSW’s headquarters for further expansion of the plant.
