In Brief: LOT; Apator; Torfarm's pharmaceutical sector share up on year before

Apator, a manufacturer of metering devices, intends to add gas-meters to its product portfolio and also wants to form a new group that would supply equipment to meter all utility products sent to households. Consequently, it will either buy Metrix, a gas-meter producer, or obtain a license from an Italian producer and launch production itself. (Puls Biznesu p.11) ... Torfarm has announced it recorded an income of zł.313 million and a net profit of zł.2.5 million in Q1 2004 and now controls an 8.7% share of the pharmaceuticals market, 0.9% more than at the end of 2003. (Parkiet p.4) M.G.