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COMPANY/COUNTRY SALES* PROFIT
INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES MILLIONS THOUSANDS
**BAUMA/Poland 65 $4.34 $457.6
Building tiles + 10% + 244%
CEO: Andrzej Kozlowski
**BEST/Poland 255 $13.3 $1,130
Household goods + 46% + 128%
CEO: Wojciech Zurawik
**COMPUTERLAND/Poland 300 $54.9 $3.650
Systems integration + 70% + 80%
CEO: Tomasz Sielicki
**ECHO INVESTMENT/Poland 164 $6.4 $825
Property development + 186% + 550%
CEO: Andrzej Majcher
**GITY/Czech Republic 620 $33.3 $1,800
Cable manufacturing + 23% + 69%
CEO: Valentin Girstl
**GRAJEWO/Poland 972 $75 $5,140
Particleboard manufacturer + 21% + 4.9%
CEO: Jan Kowalski
**INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES/Poland 55 $0.6 $0***
E-mail service + 566% 100%
CEO: Rafal Plutecki
**SMG-KRC/Poland 120 $4.2 $336
Market research + 50% + 50%
CEO: Krzysztof B. Kruszewski
**2SI/Poland 140 $24.2 $705
Systems integration + 48% + 327%
CEO: Jerzy Szymura
COMPANY/COUNTRY
INDUSTRY MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS
**BAUMA/Poland Four founders, 49%;
Building tiles Enterprise Investors,
CEO: Andrzej Kozlowski 7%
**BEST/Poland Wojciech Gawdzik,
Household goods 32%; domestic
CEO: Wojciech Zurawik shareholders, 68%
**COMPUTERLAND/Poland Tomasz Sielicki, 8.1%;
Systems integration Pioneer, 7%; Vanstar Corp.,
CEO: Tomasz Sielicki 6.4%; R. Fleming, 6%
**ECHO INVESTMENT/Poland Founder Michel Solowow,
Property development 32%; private investors,
CEO: Andrzej Majcher 43.2%
**GITY/Czech Republic 100% owned by part-
Cable manufacturing ners Valentin Girstl, Olga
CEO: Valentin Girstl Girstl, and Dusan Musil
**GRAJEWO/Poland Hetman National Invest-
Particleboard manufacturer ment Fund, 26.18%; State
CEO: Jan Kowalski Treasury 19.8%
**INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES/Poland Plutecki family,
E-mail service 100%
CEO: Rafal Plutecki Internet services
**SMG-KRC/Poland Owned by Polish
Market research partners
CEO: Krzysztof B. Kruszewski
**2SI/Poland Jerzy Szymura, 37.4%;
Systems integration Jacek Studencki, 37.4%;
CEO: Jerzy Szymura venture capital, 25.2%
COMPANY/COUNTRY
INDUSTRY STRATEGY
**BAUMA/Poland Use new technology to
Building tiles build tiles for sidewalks;
CEO: Andrzej Kozlowski market aggressively
**BEST/Poland Develop retail finance through
Household goods installment sales
CEO: Wojciech Zurawik
**COMPUTERLAND/Poland Become a full-service systems
Systems integration integrator, branching out into the
CEO: Tomasz Sielicki region next year
**ECHO INVESTMENT/Poland Expand into luxury apartments,
Property development hotels
CEO: Andrzej Majcher
**GITY/Czech Republic Focus on wiring nuclear plants
Cable manufacturing with its own control system
CEO: Valentin Girstl approved by Westinghouse
**GRAJEWO/Poland Expand production while lowering
Particleboard manufacturer costs; secure raw material through
CEO: Jan Kowalski pact with state forestry agency
**INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES/Poland Strong customer service and
E-mail service marketing; expand to broader
CEO: Rafal Plutecki
**SMG-KRC/Poland Build a Western-style market-re-
Market research search company, including quanti-
CEO: Krzysztof B. Kruszewski tative studies and media research
**2SI/Poland Focus on value-added services
Systems integration within sphere of computer
CEO: Jerzy Szymura network systems integration
*Current market exchange rates
**Publicly traded
***Invested cash flow into business
DATA: BUSINESS WEEK
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