OPTO wins $7 million Iraq reconstruction contracts

Telecommunications systems and accessories supplier, OPTO, is the first Polish company to have signed a contract as part of the process to rebuild Iraq. The company was lucky enough to have won two contracts, the joint value of which is $7 million. OPTO deputy president, Andrzej Połowniak, also said that his company is still looking forward to other potential contracts in the region, and is currently participating in a bid to supply cable storage cabinets, tariff and billing systems, as well as nationwide teletransmission solutions for Iraq. During yesterday's visit of Prime Minister Leszek Miller to Iraq, local officials invited Polish companies to take part in the reconstruction of over 2.5 million houses, and showed interest in purchase of railway tracks, as well as working with security companies. Additionally, Kuwait and Jordan have turned to Poland with a request to take an active part in the fairs devoted to the reconstruction of Iraq, which will take place January 2004, simultaneously in Poland and in Iraq. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B4) A.K.