Grupa Porta KMI sales and revenues rocket to over zł.140 million

The largest domestic door maker, Grupa Porta KMI, plans to expand its production capacity and move some of its manufacturing abroad. In the first half of the year the company recorded sales of zł.141.06 million, a 60% increase over last year, and posted a net profit of zł.9.6 million. "Already in 2003 our turnover increased 30% despite difficult market conditions. We launched a new production line at the turn of last year," said Krzysztof Walus, marketing director of Porta KMI. The company has also managed to boost its exports by 85% in the first half of 2004 and currently it sells its products to over a dozen European countries including Ukraine, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria. Porta will open its new factory in Rumania at the end of 2004 which, "Will take over some production for the southern market, thus allowing us to reduce some transport costs and offer a lower final price," said Walus. (Puls Biznesu, p. 8) M.M.