In brief: Tyskie top beer; nitrogen plant sale; Zelmer workforce petition

The most popular beer in Poland is now Tyskie. According to an AC Nielsen analysis of the market, Tyskie, produced by Kampania Piwowarska, has an 18.4% share, followed by Zywiec, produced by the Zywiec Group, with 11.8%, and Lech, produced by Kampania Piwowarska, with 7.7%. (Puls Biznesu, p. 4); The Treasury Ministry intends to sell 46% of nitrogen compound plant Zaklady Azotowe Pulawy. Minister Aldona Kamela-Sowinska said yesterday that the company' s launch on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) would take place at the beginning of July. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.18); The workforce of household goods producer Zelmer will submit a petition to the state treasury seeking the company' s privatization. They have already set up a company, Invest-Zelmer, with some zl.30 million capital for acquiring shares in the plant. (Puls Biznesu, p. 10) M.T.