“Poorer access to credit brought down interest in real estate. This bore down hardest on developers, who mostly use flat roofing. The slump was much milder in private construction. People still want to build homes and are eager to make maximum use of roof space for accommodation purposes”, Lidia Mikołajczyk-Gmur, Managing Director at Velux Polska Sp. z o. o., tells “Polish Market’s” Jerzy Bojanowicz.

The Central Mining Institute (Główny Instytut Górnictwa, GIG) is a world-renowned geo-engineering research institute and a world leader in studies on mining safety. GIG’s position is confirmed by the many awards and distinctions it has received as well as the international projects it works on together with research and industrial units in the U.S., Australia, China, India, Vietnam, Spain, England, Germany, Russia and Ukraine. Each year GIG participates in about 30 European projects.

Dr Przemysław Gonera, chairman of the Council of Presidents of WFOŚiGW and president of WFOŚiGW in Poznań:

Unihouse is a subsidiary of UNIBEP SA, a Polish company listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Unihouse produces and assembles timber-frame houses for the Scandinavian market - mainly Norway.

Stabilator Sp. z o.o. is a company with tradition. Set up in Gdynia in 1995, it has its roots in Stabilator AB, established in 1947 and owned by the Swedish group Skanska. At present, Stabilator Sp. z o.o. operates as a Polish private-owned company.

The production of esters will commence in December in Biopal Sp. z o.o. which had been constructed since April 2008. The first deliveries are under way with rapeseed oil and oilseed cake already in initial production.

Geared to the needs of a contemporary market and pursued with due attention to environmental care, the growth strategy adopted at the Tarnów Nitrogen Plant (Azoty Tarnów) can serve as a model for other chemical firms.

Construction is an industry where ecology plays a major role, both in materials and technology. Only ecologically safe materials and technologies guarantee fully ecological end-products – a prime example of which is the Solbet Perfekt system developed by Poland’s leading ACC (Autoclaved Aerated Concrete) manufacturer Solbet.