Sudzucker plans major restructuring of domestic group

The German company controls five sugar plants in the country's eastern regions and 15 plants of the Silesian Sugar Company. Thomas Kirchberg, the head of Sudzucker in Poland, revealed that he plans to consolidate the process of production in a smaller number of plants. "Four companies which control five plants in the Eastern region, will be merged by the end of 2005 to form Cukier Małopolski, controlling three production facilities. Later this year, we plan to merge 15 companies in Silesia to create one - Silesian Sugar. Kirchberg also added that the company plans to close three additional plants. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) A.K.