According to the Warsaw Business Journal, Poland's biggest bicycle producer is hoping to be floated in 2005.

Kross to go public

The company intends to spend the capital raised through its floatation on the construction of a new factory in order to satisfy growing demand, said the WBJ.

Former Eastern Bloc countries – especially those due to join the enlarged European Union next month – are experiencing a bit of a bicycle boom at the moment. The domestic markets can’t get enough imports from China…

Hmm, not being stockpiled for a sudden release, by any chance?

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