In Brief: Hortex looks east; new Katowice highway; Statoil buys Duwe Gaz
Leading fruit and vegetable processing company Hortex intends to develop its
position on the eastern market. Last year the firm recorded a 40% increase
in exports to eastern Europe and next year Hortex wants exports to increase
by another five tons of frozen food. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 5) ... A new
expressway which will link Katowice International Airport in Pyrzowice with
the A-4 highway will cost euro 17.5 million out of the PHARE fund.
Construction of the expressway will start at the end of 2002. (Puls Biznesu,
p. 8) ... Statoil Polska has purchased a 100% stake in Duwe Gaz. Duwe Gaz
and the Statoil branch responsible for operations in the liquid petrol
market will merge under the banner Statoil Gaz. The firm will be
headquartered in Koscian. (Puls Biznesu, p. 5) A.Z.
