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Poland: Holcim Polska has appointed Marek Michalski as Chief Operating Officer for Industry.

Michalski has worked for Holcim and related companies since 2000. He worked as the plant manager of Lafarge Canada’s Richmond cement plant from 2023 to 2025. Before this he was the plant manager of Holcim Polska’s Kujawy cement plant from 2018 to 2023. Michalski worked for Geocycle in 2017 and 2018. Prior to this he held positions with Lafarge, mostly in Poland, from 2000 to 2014. He notably became the plant manager of the Lwów cement plant in Ukraine in 2012 and 2013. Michalski holds a master’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology and a master’s in business administration qualification from the Warsaw University of Technology.

Poland: The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has launched an investigation into Cement Ożarów, Cemex Polska, Dyckerhoff Polska, Góradżdże Cement, Górażdże Beton and Holcim Polska over potential cement cartelisation. The office has not stated the exact triggers of such an investigation at this time.

ISB News has reported that UOKiK previously discovered an 11-year-long conspiracy to divide the market and fix prices between seven companies in 2009.

UOKiK President Tomasz Chróstny said "The return of a cartel would be particularly outrageous, considering that cement is one of the basic construction materials, necessary for the development of housing, road infrastructure and the entire economy."

If found to have been party to any agreement restricting competition, companies can expect penalties as high as 10% of turnover.