In Brief: WSE, Saint-Gobain, AIB

The biggest Polish investment of France's Saint-Gobain-180-million-DEM glass plant Polfloat Saint-Gobain in Strzemieszyce in southern Poland-will launch its production of float glass on April 3, announced the company. Saint-Gobain has invested some 220 million DEM in its nine Polish glass plants, employing some 1,100 people. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 19)...Yesterday the Securities Commission approved Allied Irish Banks Plc's (AIB) plan to extend its equity in Wielkopolski Bank Kredytowy S.A. (WBK) to a majority stake. Last September, AIB said it wanted to increase its 36.3% stake within three years by purchasing up to 23.9% currently held by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. (EBRD). (Reuters)