Lockheed Martin signs offset contracts worth zl. 4 billion

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics (LMA) yesterday signed offset contracts with Computerland, Bridgings Polska, the Polish-American Aluminum Company, the Kedzierzyn Nitrates Plant, and the Institute of Welders. If all these contracts are fulfilled their value would total over zl. 4 billion. The contract with Bridgings Polska should lead to the creation of an international consortium financing large infrastructure projects. The other companies mentioned will receive new technologies from Lockheed Martin, including an ecological aluminum processing system. Yesterday's agreements are only the part of LMA's wider proposals directed to the government concerning the bid for the multipurpose plane, which will also be the subject of talks between President Aleksander Kwasniewski and US President George W. Bush, during Kwasniewski's official visit to USA. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7; Parkiet, p. 9) A.D.