Balancing Ciech's books

"On the basis of initial data I can say that we will meet our 2005 net profit projection," said Marek Klat, the company's spokesperson. Unofficially, profit could surpass financial projections by several million. The chemical company projected it will close 2005 with revenues of zł.2.2 billion, but after the first three quarters revenues were only zł.1.67 billion, down by 3.5%.