In brief: PAP June tender; WSiP to expand; Szczecin Polmos stops production

In June the Treasury Ministry will invite foreign and international investors interested in the purchase of a 45% stake of Polish Press Agency (PAP). The privatization process is scheduled to end in September 2001. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6)...Textbook publishing company Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne (WSiP) is considering the purchase of a firm in the educational or publishing sector. The company is also planning an internet bookshop. Last year WSiP reported profits of zl.17 million. (Puls Biznesu, p. 4)...Szczecin-based spirits producer Szczecinska Wytwornia Wodek Polmos has stopped production, since in the aftermath of another excise increase there is little consumer enthusiasm to buy more expensive brands of vodka. (Puls Biznesu, p. 5) A.Z.