Company Profile
Wydawnictwo Wiedza Powszechna Sp. z o.o. seated in Warsaw
Description of activity
"Wiedza Powszechna” is one of the oldest Polish publishing houses. Its publications are addressed to a wide range of readers, including schoolchildren and university students. Operating on a highly competitive market, the company focuses on publishing dictionaries, language guides, conversations, handbooks as well as lexicons, science and popular science books. The main advantages of "Wiedza Powszechna” are long traditions of publishing, recognizable brand, high content quality of publications and a good knowledge of the market and its needs enabling the continuous adaptation of its publishing offer. Its strength is also determined by a well-developed distribution network encompassing a number of selected partners - the largest wholesalers, bookshop chains and bookshops. The publishing house itself also conducts the distribution through its mail order bookshop and participation in book fairs and exhibitions. It is worth noting that a number of customers from Europe and both Americas are also interested in Wiedza Powszechna's offer. The most important foreign customers include: "Der Kurier der Zarin” from Berlin, ,"Podnikovy Institut” from Ołomuniec and ,"La Libraire Europeene” from Brussels. The company's major suppliers comprises printing houses in Poznań, Pabianice, Warszawa and Białystok. Over the period of more than fifty years, the publishing house issued 5457 titles with the total output of nearly 107 775 000 copies.
Contact information
Province : mazowieckie
Wydawnictwo Wiedza Powszechna Sp. z o.o.
ul. Płocka 17
01-231 Warszawa
Ph. (+48 22) 827 07 99 (ext. 131)
info@wiedza.pl
www.wiedza.pl
Ministry of Treasury
ul. Krucza 36 / Wspólna 6
00-522 Warszawa
Department of Privatisation
ph.: (+48 22) 695 87 22, 695 87 05
fax: (+48 22) 695 88 18
Investor Relations Centre
ph.: (+48 22) 695 90 01
ph.: (+48 22) 695 90 02
fax: (+48 22) 629 98 38
investor@msp.gov.pl
www.msp.gov.pl
Branch
Publishing and printing
Performance in thousand PLN
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2007
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2008
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2009
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Sales revenue
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4015.1
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2 936.7
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2 562.3
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EBITDA
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-762.6
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-323.2
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-284.4
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Net result
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-775.0
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-338.2
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-298.9
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Planned privatisation
The Treasury owns 100% of the shares in the company.
Hisotory of privatisation project:
Invitation to a public tender: More information
Cancellation of the auction: 21.07.2010
Invitation to participate in a public auction. More information
Cancellation of the auction: 27.05.2010
Invitation to participate in a public auction. More information
Cancellation of the auction: 07.12.2010
Invitation to participate in a public auction. 12.11.2009
Employment
27 people
Initial capital
PLN 1 000 000
President of the Management Board
Tomasz Pietrykowski
Privatisation advisor
Consortium of companies: PKF Consult Sp z o.o. i A&E Consult Grupa Konsultingowa Sp z o.o. seated in Warsaw
Modification date : 13.05.2011


