Petrochemicals
Orlen to restructure regional sales channel, cut jobs
PKN Orlen oil refinery told trade unions the company would have to reduce headcount as part of a plan to streamline its regional sales unit. Orlen, which has about a third of Poland's retail gasoline sales, said it would lay off 316 people at regional retail sales centers. Union activists threatened to go on strike if the company goes ahead with its plan to lay off workers.
Civil engineering
Hydrobudowa OK's sale to PBG
Shareholders of Hydrobudowa civil engineering group voted 'yes' to a planned 7.5 million zloty stock sale to PBG pipeline builder yesterday. Publicly traded PBG said it end up with a 55.5 percent stake in Hydrobudowa, regaining control of the firm it sold two years ago before it went public. At the time, Hydrobudowa,...