Stola Wola Steel Works signs $14 million export contract with China

The Stalowa Wola Steel Works has signed a $14 million contract to export pipe setting machines for use in the laying of China's West-East gas pipeline. Under the deal, the steel works will supply a total of 49 machines to China. Wieslaw Jakobik, director of sales with Dressta, the steel works' distribution company, says the contract constitutes a spring-board for future co-operation. He pointed out that although contracts as large as $14 million are unlikely to be repeated, there is still the opportunity to introduce the new range of machinery produced by the Stalowa Wola works onto the Chinese market. (Puls Biznesu, p. 4) K.K.