Two companies win zl.35 million contract to supply 143 school buses

Two Polish bus producers, Jelcz and Autosan, have won the tender to provide 143 school buses ordered by the Education Ministry. The buses, worth all together zl.35 million, will be supplied to local authorities across the country before the beginning of the next school year. "Jelcz will provide 50 buses and Autosan 93, and the whole contract should be realized by September 2001," says deputy administration office director of the ministry, Romuald Piwonski. According to president of Autosan, Andrzej Krzanowski, "The Education Ministry' s decision will help the company meet its financial targets for the year. As a result, Autosan is forecasting net profits for 2001 of zl.5 million." (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) AZ