Hygienika hopes to make a clean sweep to profitability in 2006

The company plans to develop its own brand and reduce costs by 5-10%. Hygienika's recently appointed new president, Dariusz Nikołajuk, projects that the firm will be able to show a profit around the spring. "We should be able to close 2006 with a positive result," said Nikołajuk. He added also that the revenues will be much higher than the ones generated in 2005, which are estimated at around zł.30 million. In the first half of 2006 Hygienika plans to introduce new and improved versions of some of its key products, such as diapers and sanitary towels. "The effects of these actions will be visible in the second half of 2006, or at the beginning of 2007," said Nikołajuk. (Parkiet, p. 7) A.F.