Maciek Proliński of Polish Market talks with Krzysztof Opawski, Chair of Group PKP (Polish State Railways) S.A. Supervisory Board In your opinion, what progress has been made in implementing the “Strategy of railway transport expansion till 2013”? What is Group PKP’s position on European markets? >>

“LOT is a company operating on an open and competitive market and it has to create economic value for shareholders. LOT has to be a profitable business. A positive audit report is expected in 2010 and later we want to earn substantial profits. There is no other way to manage an airline than focusing on its profitability,” says DARIUSZ NOWAK, President and Chief Executive Officer at LOT Polish Airlines. >>

An important factor in economic cooperation is cooperation with one’s partners. It should be evident also in relations between the European Union and the East. Should participants in international debates be looking for success, an excellent example is the Euroterminal in Slawków – claims Paweł Podsiadło, board president and managing director of Central Office for Metallurgy Supplies (CZH SA) when talking to Jerzy Bojanowicz. >>

Polish Market talks to Mr. Zbigniew Tracichleb, President and General Director at LHS Sp. z o.o. which manages a wide-gauge railway line running from southern Poland deep into Russia and the Far East. This railway line, as distinct from standard European gauge lines, enables easy access of bulk goods to eastern markets.  >>

The Jastrzębie Rail Company Ltd (Jastrzębska Spółka Kolejowa Sp. z o.o., JSK) operates railway junctions and sidings in the mines Borynia, Zofiówka, Pniówek, Krupiński and Jas-Mos, as well as the reload station PZO Pawłowice Górnicze.  >>

“PKP Energetyka is a member of PKP Group. Our core business is to supply electricity to other companies of the Group, particularly electricity for traction purposes, i.e. needed to power electric traction vehicles. The licenses for electricity sales, transmission and distribution the company received at the start of its operations make it possible for PKP Energetyka to attract customers from outside the railway sector,” says Tadeusz Skobel, President of PKP Energetyka Sp. z o.o. >>

The ”Polish Quality Award” (Polska Nagroda Jakości” is one of the major and most valued distinctions bestowed on companies for observing quality management standards of production, services and operation. The award is hard to win in view of the very rigorous criteria applied and assessed for compliance by a jury of scientists and top experts from various fields. Andrzej Kazimierski reports. >>

ViaCon Polska Sp. z o.o. based in Rydzyna started operations on April 1, 1997. Leszek Janusz, DSc (Eng), has been the company’s president since the beginning. The company specialises in modern technologies for the production of bendable pipes and structures for civil engineering applications such as bridges, tunnels, and underpasses and overpasses for animals and for agricultural purposes. >>