President issues awards to outstanding Polish companies during Poznan fair

President Aleksander Kwasniewski yesterday handed out awards during the Industrial Technologies and Investment Goods Fair in Poznan. The awards are bestowed upon outstanding Polish companies in seven different categories. The President said that he was dissapointed with the Szczecin Shipyard, which won the prize in 1998 as the best Polish exporter. He said, "We must get used to a situation, common in market economies, where companies might not always be able to live up to the competition". The President went on to say that there are a quite large number of companies in Poland, which are doing very well even during rough times, which proves Poland has the material and intellectual potential to ensure a quick return to high economic growth. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 1) A.K.