Top 5 winners

HYGIENIKA Hygenika is a producer of disposable diapers for children and adults as well as feminine hygiene products. Hygienika manufactures products for the brands of large market chains, but it also maintains its own brands - Bambino and Bambi diapers, for example, and Linell sanitary napkins. Hygienika's shareholders include Opera TFI and investor Krzysztof Moska.

SNIEŻKA snieżka Paints and Varnishes Plant, founded in 1984, offers a wide range of nitro-products, thinners, polyesters, polyvinyl products, emulsion and phthalic goods, glues, and putties. It debuted on the stock exchange in December 2003.Today the firm employees more than 500 people and produces approximately 70 million liters a year of a variety of chemical products used in the construction industry on the domestic market and foreign markets.

POLICE Police is one of the largest Polish chemical companies and its Zachodniopomorskie facility is one of the biggest employers in the voivodship. Despite growth in volume and income from sales, Police noted net losses in the fourth quarter of 2006. It produces fertilizers, chemicals (including high-quality ammonia), and titanium dioxide, which is used in the paint, plastics, ceramics and other industries. Police debuted on the bourse in July 2005.

SEKO This Chojnice-based company specializes in the production and sale of fish and fish-based products such as salads, pastas and marinates. Its portfolio includes more than 200 products, which are being sold in Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, France and the US. Seko employs 400 people in its modern Chojnice factory. In Q1 2007 the company's net profit amounted to zł.1.3 million.

PLAST-BOX Plast-Box's main activity is producing plastic packaging, such as buckets and plastic boxes for the chemical and grocery industries, as well as plastic pallets and waste baskets for hospitals. The Słupsk-based company also offers custom-made imprinting and labeling, including in-mold labels. Its net profit in Q1 2007 was zł.490,000.

Bottom 5 losers

TOORA Italian car-parts manufacturer Nuova Fondal entered the Polish market in 2002 by acquiring a metal plant in Nisko. In the same year, the group took over a second Polish plant - TMP Fondalmec Poland in Żory. The resulting company was called Toora. The plants were purchased as part of an intensive investment scheme by Nuova Fondal. They produce aluminium car parts such as alloy wheels and radiators. Amongst Toora's biggest customers are Fiat, General Motors, Magneti Marelli, Faurecia and TRW Group. Toora made its debut on the WSE 18 months ago in an IPO worth zł.115 million.

ENAP Energoaparatura specializes in providing engineering and installation services in the fields of instrumentation, electrical and telecommunications work as well as intelligent-building installations. In total, the company has contributed to over 500 construction sites in Poland and more than 70 abroad. The power industry remains the firm's primary source of revenues.

PETROLINVEST Established in 1991, Petrolinvest is one of the first fuel trading companies on the domestic market. The company focuses on liquid petroleum gas and oil trade, which its supports with a wide complex of terminals and warehouses. Petrolinvest's major trading partners are refineries from Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, Germany, Czech Republic, Finland and Norway. The company debuted on the bourse in July.

SANWIL Sanwil is a Polish manufacturer of leathers and treated materials. The company manufactures leather, cloth and leather imitations for the furniture, footwear and medical sectors. It also offers clothing materials, canvas-type covers, as well as fabrics for the military and automotive sectors. its net profit in Q1 2007 amounted to zł.6.5 million.

ORZEŁ Orzeł prepares and spins linen fibers. It exports most of its production to North America and Western Europe. The firm was privatized in 1995 and its main shareholders include Agencja Handlowa Armix, Krzysztof Jaszczyński and Jan Cegliński, each with 16.58 percent of shares. The company posted a net loss in Q1 2007 of zł.1.42 million.