Lafarge Cement Polska to build ultra modern factory

Lafarge, a French company which specializes in the production of building materials, such as cement, concrete, aggregates, roofing and gypsum is strengthening its position on the Polish market with new investments. The company announced plans to make investments worth euro 150 million in 2002 and 2003. Last year, Lafarge Cement Polska (LCP), the Polish subsidiary of the French corporation with a turnover of euro 283 million, controlled 20% of the domestic cement market. LCP is currently building a new factory worth euro 90 million. "This will the most modern plant, not just in Poland, but in Europe," Andrzej Tekiel, general director of Lafarge Polska and Lafarge Cement Polska told a press conference yesterday. The Lafarge Group is the world's leader in production of building materials, its global revenues rose last year to euro 13.7 billion from euro 12.2 billion in 2000. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 7; Rzeczpospolita, p. B4) A.K.