Elstar reaps the rewards of rape and looks to a future in bio-fuels

At present, the company, whose manufacturing processes have all been adjusted to meet EU standards, sells mainly to the food sector. However, as a result of spending approximately zł.25 million on investments over the last three years, the firm now plans to expand its existing capacity over the coming years to 2006, and in 2005 hopes to begin the production of components for bio-fuels. "We forecast the company will grow faster than the market," said Elstar's president Stanisław Rosnowski. "At present our share of the domestic rape processing and oil production market stands at 5%, but this should increase to about 7.5% in two years," he continued. (Parkiet, p. 4) M.M.