In brief: Skania plans; Beton Stal receivership; PKP's restructuring lay-offs

Amidst the contracting Polish auto market Swedish bus producer Scania is planning a major increase in the production of city buses. According to company executives as many as 120 buses, mostly to be sold abroad, could roll off its assembly lines in Slupsk before the end of 2001. (Puls Biznesu, p.6)... Beton Stal construction company has gone into receivership, the district court in Warsaw has ruled. The verdict is binding and the company's receiver, Miroslaw Kaminski, said there was no reason to appeal to the court for a change of the decision (Parkiet, p.3; Prawo i Gospodarka, p.1)...Polish State Railways (PKP) is planning to spend zl.1.1 billion on labor restructuring and expects to reduce the number of its employees from 166,000 to 145,000. The funds will come from foreign credits, mainly from EBRD and the World Bank (Prawo i Gospodarka, pp.1,3) J.K.