Astra Transcor Energy enters Poland
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Astra Transcor Energy (Astra) controlled by Belgian billionaire Albert Frere has launched an office in Warsaw and is going to compete with state-owned PGNiG in the gas trading market, Puls Biznesu daily reported.
Astra opened its branch in Canada, 15 years ago. "Warsaw will be a platform from which we are planning to develop gas trading in the entire region. Germany, Ukraine, the Czech republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, we will look for opportunities everywhere," Denis Haller, Astra's CEO told the daily. As for now, the Warsaw-based office employs seven people.
According to Forbes, Albert Frere's wealth is $4.6 billion.
