History of the Group

The Pamapol Capital Group operates in the food processing industry.

The Capital Group’s parent company is Pamapol S.A., a leading producer on the Polish market of meat and vegetable dishes. Its beginnings go back to 1993. Pamapol S.A.’s main products in the prepared meals segment include meatballs, stuffed cabbage, beans stewed with meat in tomato sauce, tripe and goulash. The Company’s product offer also includes prepared soups, pâtés, poultry sausages and tinned meat. After taking over Warmińskie Zakłady Przetwórstwa Owocowo-Warzywnego Sp. z o.o. in Kwidzyn, the Capital Group’s product offer increased to include tinned and frozen vegetables. Products with the Kwidzyn brand have been offered on the Polish and foreign market since 1934. Taking control of WZPOW Kwidzyn also meant that the Pamapol Group has become one of the more important entities in its industry on the domestic market.

Since March 2007 the Pamapol Group structure has also included Zakłady Przetwórstwa Owocowo-Warzywnego ZIĘBICE Sp. z o.o. ZPOW ZIĘBICE is a producer of tinned peas, tinned sweetcorn, tinned mixed vegetables and frozen vegetables, particularly peas, runner beans, carrots and sweetcorn. ZPOW ZIĘBICE’s production is similar to that of the plants in Kwidzyn. Pamapol S.A.’s intention is to restructure ZPOW ZIĘBICE in a way similar to that with regard to WZPOW, by increasing the production capacity and lowering the cost per item of making a product. The plans of the Management Board of Pamapol S.A. include doubling production and sales and a significant growth in the net profit of ZPOW ZIĘBICE in the years to come. The Management Board believes that introducing ZPOW ZIĘBICE to the Pamapol Group will considerably increase the production possibilities regarding particular groups of vegetables, at the same time strengthening the companies’ market positions.

In May 2007 the structure of the Pamapol Group was increased by a new entity - MitMar Sp. z o.o. with its registered office in Głowno. The parent company acquired 60 per cent of the shares in that company, giving 60 per cent of the votes at the General Meeting of Shareholders, for a total price of PLN 14 million. Pamapol S.A. set aside PLN 10 million to increase the capital of MitMar Sp. z o.o., and the company’s owners received a total of PLN 4 million. Starting from 1995, MitMar has been operating on the market of provisions for meat processing plants and, to a small degree, fruit and vegetable processing plants. In March 2008 Pamapol S.A. acquired the remaining 40 per cent of the shares in MitMar.

In May 2007 the founding act of Pamapol–Dystrybucja Sp. z o.o. was signed. Pamapol S.A. holds 100 per cent of the shares in the share capital of the company and 100 per cent of the votes at the General Meeting of Shareholders. Pamapol-Dystrybucja Sp. z o.o. commenced operations aimed at taking over distribution and marketing tasks from other production companies of the Group. The company will particularly provide services connected with commercial representation and the sale of products for and on behalf of companies in the Capital Group. From 9 January 2012, the company change its name and currently is Dystrybucja Sp. z o.o.

Another entity in the Pamapol Capital Group is Cenos Sp. z o.o. with its registered office in Września. In June 2007 Pamapol S.A. acquired a total of 700 shares from its previous owners Marian Rzeźnik and Tomasz Rzeźnik, constituting 100 per cent of the share capital and giving 100 per cent of the votes at that company’s meeting of shareholders, for a total price of PLN 10.6 million. Cenos Sp. z o.o. was established in 1991 as a result of privatising Centrala Nasienna. The company’s subject of operations is, in particular, the production, shipment preparation and sale of consumer and de-icing salt, groats, rice, and also beans, peas and cornflakes. Cenos products are supplied to the biggest retail networks and wholesalers in Poland. As a result of concluding an agreement to purchase movable assets from Galaxia Ltd Sp. z o.o., the assortment sold by Cenos was increased to include a further group of dry goods – coffee sold under the Galaxia brand. The company owns two production plants located in Września and the Świat Wodny Cenos recreation centre. Until May 2007 the company also rendered services in “Specimed” specialist health care. In December 2012 Pamapol S.A. sold the company Cenos Sp. z o.o.

In June 2007 Pamapol S.A. acquired a total of 1,000 shares in Huta Szkła Sławno Sp. z o.o., constituting 100 per cent of the share capital and giving 100 per cent of the votes at that company’s meeting of shareholders, for a total price of PLN 1 million. Huta Szkła Sławno Sp. z o.o. was set up in April 2007. It will carry out business operations in the field of glass packing production: jars and bottles made of white glass. The company is situated in the Łódź Special Economic Zone, which entails the possibility of counting investment expenses incurred as qualified costs.