Grupa Żywiec earns zł.206 million in 2003

"This has been a very good year for us. The Polish beer market grew by 4.6%, while Grupa Żywiec increases sales by 8% to 9.1 million hectoliters of beer," said Grupa Żywiec president Nico Nusmeier. This year the company will continue its integration with Brau Union Polska (BUP), which was owned by BBAG of Austria, and has been taken over by Heineken, majority shareholder in Grupa Żywiec. The integration process is to be finalized in 2005. Grupa Żywiec has a 32.6% share in the Polish market, BUP around 4%, while the Żywiec's biggest competitor, Kompania Piwowarska, has 33%. (Parkiet, p. 5) T.J.