During Warsaw's reconstruction after World War II, the communist authorities
decided that the city would become a major industrial centre. As a result,
numerous large factories were built in and around the city. The largest were
the Huta Warszawa Steel Works, the car factory FSO and the tractor factory
“Ursus”. The number of state-owned enterprises continues to decrease while the
number of companies operating with foreign capital is on the rise, reflecting
the continued shift towards a modern market-based economy. The largest foreign
investors are Coca-Cola Amatil and Metro AG. Warsaw has the biggest
concentration