Diagnostyka to build its new zł.8 million lab in Kraków

"It is an zł.8 million investment. We chose Kraków because we have the strongest position there," explained Diagnostyka president Jakub Swadźba. The project will be financed with a loan. According to Swadźba, Diagnostyka is the largest private company in the sector. It operates 20 laboratories in the 8 largest cities in the country. "We have a share of below 2% in the whole (hospital and private) laboratory tests market. We perform over 7 million analyses a year. We plan to establish our labs in other cities - up to ten new ones a year," stated Swadźba. The national diagnostic tests market is worth around EUR400 million. Most of the analyses are still performed by state-owned entities, but private companies are constantly increasing their market shares. Diagnostyka's profitability is around 10% and the company plans to post sales revenues of over zł.50 million this year. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 7) E.B.