In Brief: Ciech's 2004 plan accepted; PZL Świdnik; Annual car sales projection

Ciech forecasts that in September 2004, it will debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange and invest the raised capital to buy companies from the chemical sector. (Puls Biznesu, p. 10) ... Aviation plant PZL Świdnik has signed a contract to supply 11 Mi-2 helicopter to the Indonesian police. Świdnik's president, Jan Mazur, declined to disclose the value of the contract. "The down payment has not been transferred yet therefore we cannot reveal any details," he said. (Puls Biznesu, p. 12) ... This year, the sale of new cars is forecast to increase to 350,000 from 308,000 in 2002, believes Wojciech Drzewiecki, the director of Samar, a company monitoring the auto market. He added that this year, the public has purchased approximately one million second-hand cars. (Parkiet, p. 7) A.Z.