I'm from Poland, so I know the situation fairly well. The trajectory here was that a lot of communist manufacturing plants were closed in the 90ies (after trans

I'm from Poland, so I know the situation fairly well. The trajectory here was that a lot of communist manufacturing plants were closed in the 90ies (after transition to market economy), because they were just not economically viable (something that was not deemed a problem for communists, until the whole system collapsed). Many others have drastically reduced employment, as again communists were hiding unemployment by giving people jobs in companies that didn't need them. But, since Poland joined the EU in 2004, the trend has reversed. There's now plenty of (mostly foreign-owned) manufacturing plants around the country.