In brief: Polisa-Zycie sale; steel restructuring; Optimus police contract

The Polsat media group's life insurance branch Polisa-Zycie may achieve a breakthrough in its efforts to find a buyer in October, when preliminary talks with potential investors will end. PKO BP is rumored to be the strongest candidate to become the strategic investor in Polisa-Zycie. (Puls Biznesu, p. 4) ... The European Commission supports the Polish steel sector restructuring plan, deputy economy minister Edward Nowak insists. The program envisages the reduction of the steel mills' workforce from 38,000 to 30,000 before the end of 2003, as well as the consolidation of four mills, Sendzimir, Katowice, Florian and Cedler. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 22) ... Optimus has taken another step towards winning a zl.700 million contract to supply the Polish police force with headquarters' command computer systems. Optimus has landed a three-year deal to provide the cable infrastructure and electronic network for the Wroclaw Voidvodeship Police Headquarters. (Puls Biznesu, p. 5) M.T.K.