Slovnaft prepares for further Polish expansion

"Until the end of this year we are planning to increase the number of our gas stations from the current 16 to 30. They will be located in southern and central parts of the country," said Igor Adamec, Slovnaft Polska president. Last year the company invested over zł.26.4 million in Poland, whereas plans for this year are twice as much. Slovnaft's expansion into southern Poland will lead to serious competition with PKN Orlen. Representatives of the domestic company announced, however, that they do not plan to compete as according to Sławomir Golonka, Orlen's deputy President, there is no point in entering the battle as in the case of a merger with MOL, both companies will be playing on the same team. (Puls Biznesu, p. 9) A.K.