In Brief: PHS; Arval PHH Polska; Skarbiec TFI

The Treasury Ministry is awaiting privatization offers for Polish Steel Mills (PHS). The Ministry disclosed that there are four concerns including Arcelor, Thyssen Krupp, US Steel and LNM interested in the privatization. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) ... Arval PHH Polska, specializing in car fleet management intends to earmark zl. 100 million for the purchase of cars this year. Renault, Opel, Ford and Fiat are the most popular cars used by the fleet outsourcing market. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) ... In 2002 Skarbiec TFI posted a profit of zl. 1.3 million. The impressive result was influenced by increasing the firm's net assets by 50% from zl. 1.27 billion to zl. 1.88 billion. (Puls Biznesu, p. 5) A.Z.