In Brief: zl.128 million shipyard loan; Adolf Ahlers; A-3 highway lobby

Bank Slaski has agreed to grant a loan worth almost zl.128 million to the Stocznia Gdanska shipyard. The money will be used to finance the construction of the first of seven large ships ordered by Westwood Shipping Lines. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) ... The Polish clothes companies controlled by Adolf Ahlers of Germany will spend some zl.6 million on the development of their own brands. The German company also wants to invest an additional zl.7 million in the manufacture and distribution of its Otto Kern brand in Poland. (Puls Biznesu, p. 8) ... Politicians, local government officials, bankers and entrepreneurs have formed a lobbying group in Szczecin that will push for the construction of the A-3 highway. The road will run along the Polish-German border. (Puls Biznesu, p. 14) P.J.