Major periodicals publish annual company rankings

The weekly Polityka, the daily Rzeczpospolita, and the monthly BusinessWeek Polska have published their ranking of Polish companies in the year 2000, with the same three companies at the top of the lists in Polityka and Rzeczpospolita: PKN Orlen, TPSA and the state-owned energy producer Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE). Those companies recorded largest incomes from sales. According to BusinessWeek Polska, the three most profitable companies in Poland in the years 1998-2000 were cement manufacturer Gorazdze, the logistics company Spedpol, and paper producer Frantschach Swiecie. There were no big changes on the lists from last year's results. Elektrim was the only company that improved its position in Polityka's ranking, jumping 25 places to reach 9th position, thanks to the sale of its stake in Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa (PTC), the operator of Era GSM. According to the rankings, the biggest incomes were recorded by companies in the fuel, telecommunications, motorization, and banking sectors (Rzeczpospolita's ranking alone included this last sector). BusinessWeek Polska created its ranking according to different indices, such as the dynamic of a company's net profit. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.21) A.D.