Floor firm hopes to pave the way to top spot after IPO

"Investors who own shares in the company have already achieved good returns on this transaction in the short-run. We believe that real growth in the future is only ahead of us," said Ryszard Czerwiński, deputy president of DM BZ WBK. Barlinek's attractiveness is mostly based on its ambitious investment program, which should allow substantial growth of financial results. The company envisages net profit of zł.33.3 million in 2005, but the figure should increase to zł.85.1 million in 2007. "We will conclude a new production line in April and than we will construct a factory in the East," announced Paweł Wrona, president of Barlinek. Next year the firm is planning to produce 12 times more wooden panels than now and it should become the largest producer in its segment in the world by 2008. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 11) M.M.