Dutch internet company hungry for slice of e-market

Lost Boys, among the biggest companies rendering multimedia internet services and e-consulting services in Europe, plans to invest zl. 2 million this year in Poland. The company was founded in 1993 in Holland and now has a presence on eight European markets and in the USA. The company opened its Polish branch in the spring of this year and will soon employ almost 30 people, with around 800 employees worldwide. According to Robbert Woltering, general manager of Lost Boys Poland, the company is going to specialize in applications for new-generation pocket electronic equipment and related marketing projects, with an anticipated revenue of at least zc.10 million next year. They are not the first international company on the Polish market; in March, the German company Concept! AG entered the market, winning among others, a large contract from the Polish subsidiary of international pharmaceutical concern Schering. However, the foreign companies face domestic competition. A few Polish companies have rendered similar offers to that of Lost Boys, such as e-point, AMG Net, 3Dart.com and others. (Gazeta Wyborcza p. 21) P.W.