Do you foresee the growth of original, indigenously Polish products and brands?
TYMBARK, which is part of the Maspex Group, producer of juices, nectars, and beverages.
"Tymbark juices can be found on the tables of 30 countries around the world, including in Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Great Britain, Ireland, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Belarus, USA and Canada."
tymbark.com/en,o-tymbarku,o_firmie.html
HORTEX, produces frozen food and fruit juices
"we have been the largest Polish exporter of frozen fruits and vegetables as well as fruits and vegetable mixes. Our target customers include, most of all, Russia, Slovakia, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus. However, the main export directions of our juices, drinks and nectars comprise the UK, Ireland, the US, Canada."
hortex.com.pl/en/about-us/market-position
BLACK RED WHITE, furniture manufacturer.
"Black Red White group invests more than 40% of its sales abroad. The range of the Group are available, in addition to the Polish market, in more than 40 countries around the world, eg .: Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, Belarus , Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Greece, Scandinavia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, New Zealand, UK or Canada. "
brw.com.pl/black-red-white/o-firmie
MASPEX, or the long version Grupa Maspex Wadowice,
"is one of the biggest companies in Central and Eastern Europe in the segment of food products.""For over 20 years on the market, the Maspex Wadowice Group has completed 16 such acquisitions, including 9 of them abroad.
Brands like Tymbark, Kubuś, Lubella, Puchatek, Ekland, DecoMorreno, Cremona, La Festa and Plusssz are undisputed leaders in their categories, they enjoy trust of consumers not only in Poland, but also in other countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
Products of Maspex Wadowice Group are sold to almost 50 countries worldwide. The company cooperates with consignees in the European Union and other European countries, in the US, Canada, in the Middle and Far East."
en.maspex.com/maspex,maspex-wadowice-group,3.html
DELPHIA YACHTS, Poland's largest manufacturer of sailing boats.
"The rapidly growing market for sailing and motor boats in both retail and trade sectors has resulted in great demand for our products with western European markets accounting for 98% of Delphia's export sales.
Demand for Delphia's products has increased year on year as the result of a flourishing and dynamically developing dealer network extending as far as the USA, Russia, Japan and Australia."
en.delphiayachts.eu/history
GTC GROUP, real estate developer.
"The Group's portfolio comprises: (i) completed office buildings and office parks as well as retail and entertainment centres (commercial real estate); (ii) residential projects; and (iii) undeveloped plots of land (including suspended projects) (landbank)."
"currently operates in Poland, Romania, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Russia and Ukraine."
gtc.com.pl/?s=17&lang=en
FAKRO, one of the world's leading roof window manufacturers.
"The company is the most dynamic and fastest growing roof window manufacturer in the world."
"Today FAKRO roof windows are sold across the whole of Europe and throughout the world."
fakro.com/about-us/fakro-today
ASSECO GROUP, IT corporation.
"Asseco Group operates in most of the European countries as well as in Israel, USA, Japan, and Canada."
"Asseco Group companies are listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange as well as on the American NASDAQ Global Markets. Asseco Group offers comprehensive, proprietary IT solutions for all sectors of the economy. Own solutions account for over a half of Asseco Group total sales revenues. This puts Asseco Group among the top ten software vendors in Europe ("Top 100 European Software Vendors" ranking published by Truffle Capital in December 2012)"
asseco.com/company/company-profile
Poland seems to concentrate, in priority, on Central and Eastern Europe markets (which makes sense, considering its location). But some of these brands developed much farther.
Oh, and just for my own pleasure, here's another one ;)
leopardautomobile.com
(it's actually Swedish-Polish, but who cares, really?).