Six ammunition producers may reorganize consortium into new holding

The six companies from the arms sector that early this year signed a cooperation agreement for marketing and research projects may very likely soon re-organize into a single holding. The consortium was created by management representatives of Dezamet Nowa Deba; Tlocznia Metali Pressta in Bolechow; ZM Mesko; Zaklady Metalowe in Krasnik; Zaklady Chemiczne Nitro-Chem in Bydgoszcz; and Zaklady Produkcji Specjalnej in Pionki. The State Treasury is to remain the sole owner or majority shareholder of these firms, all of which specialize in the production of ammunition. In cases in which ammunition is only a part of a company's production, only that individual part of the company will enter the new holding. However, Roma Sarzynska, a spokeswoman for the Agency for Industry Development (ARP), which is coordinating the restructuring process in some of the companies, said that it is still too early to talk about plans for creating a holding. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3) A.D.