1/15/2007

Warsaw Stock Exchange weekly

Top 5 winners - Bottom 5 losers

Top 5 winners

GANT owns a chain of foreign-exchange counters in the major cities of southwestern Poland. It gets its supplies from national private accounts (90 percent), foreign private accounts (nine percent) and banks (one percent). Gant controlled five percent of the national market in 1998, seven percent in 1999 and nine percent in 2000. The enterprise started operations as a developer in 1999. Its main shareholder is private investor Grzegorz Antkowiak. The company is based in Legnica. The president of the company is Dariusz Małaszkiewicz.

SKYEUROPE is the first low-cost airline in Central Europe. It is the leading and largest Central European low-cost airline. It currently has five bases, in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, making it the first multi-based airline in the region of Central Europe. The company flies to 37 destinations in 19 countries, on 73 different routes. The airline began operations on February 13, 2002. On September 27, 2006 Skyeurope became the first and only publicly listed airline in Central and Eastern Europe, quoted on the Stock Exchanges in Vienna and Warsaw.

KABLE Śląska Fabryka Kabli is a Silesian-based producer and seller of electrical cables and devices. The company is a member of the NKT Cables group, which has an approximate annual turnover of EUR 700 (zł.2,660) million, over 2,000 employees and a head office in Cologne. NKT has offices in Europe and Asia. In H1 2006, Śląska Fabryka Kabli registered a net profit of zł.13.4 million, compared to zł.5.4 million in H1 in 2005. The company's total capital stands at zł.206,700,000.

PEKAES SA is the biggest holding firm in Poland, and one of the largest in Europe as a whole. The company provides services in the sectors of transport, spedition, logistics, motoring services and handling. Pekaes SA is comprised of six Polish companies, and has representative companies in Great Britain, Austria, Sweden, Russia, Italy, Germany and France. The president of the company is Krzysztof Zdziarski.

POLNA SA is a plant based in Przemysł, which manufactures a variety of products, such as industrial automatic items (for heating) and water-distillation devices. These products are widely used in the manufacturing industry. Polna produces supplies for more than 2,000 customers and is the sole manufacturer of this type of equipment on the domestic market.

Bottom 5 losers

SKOTAN Skotan, or Zakłady Garbarskie Skotan, is a tannery plant based in Sczoców. The firm is one of the largest tanneries in Poland. It specializes in leather production for shoes, clothing, linings and other goods. Half of their production is exported to the US and various countries in the EU. The firm sells 90-95 percent of its products to shoe makers and is Poland's largest leather exporter.

PONARFEH Hydraulic-components maker Fabryka Elementów Hydrauliki Ponar-Wadowice is Poland's leading producer of hydraulic-lifting devices. Their products include fittings for control systems, hydraulic drives, and complete hydraulic control systems. Ponarfeh's main customers are the mining industry, producers of machine tools, the agricultural sectors, machinery constructors and the transport sector. It was listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 1998. The company is based in Wadowice and its president is Arkadiusz Śnieżko.

ENERGO PLD Energomontaż-Południe is based in Katowice, and operates in the construction sector. The company provides services for the assembly, modernization and repair of power devices. Its primary customers come from the power industry. The company operates mainly on the domestic market in southern Poland. Its exports generally focus on markets in Germany and Denmark. The president of the company is Marek Koryciński.

INWEST CON Inwest Consulting specializes in economic and financial advice and consulting. It provides services for private companies, as well as governmental financial departments. Jacek Mrowicki is the president of Inwest Consulting, which is based in Poznań.

ELKOP The firm provides electrical and assembly services, including construction, assembly, electrical and production services. Its main customers are companies operating in the heavy industry sector, mostly the mining industry. The firm focuses on the domestic market, mostly in Upper Silesia. The main shareholder is the State Treasury with a 25.06-percent stake and votes. Czesław Koczorek is the president of the company, which is based in Chorzów.

Source:wbj.pl



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