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- Bowim S.A. (WSE: BOW) distributes carbon steel products from Polish and foreign producers through a nationwide network of sales branches in Gdańsk, Kielce, Lublin, Płock, Poznań, Szczecin, Toruń, Warsaw and warehouses in Sosnowiec, Sławków and Szczecin; headquartered in Sosnowiec, Poland, since its relocation from Tarnowskie Góry in 2007, the company was founded in 1995. Core offerings encompass hot-rolled plates and sheets, cold-rolled and galvanized coils and sheets; reinforcement steel including rebars, round bars, square and flat bars, wire rods, ribbed wires, welded wires and welded reinforcement mesh; seamless tubes such as conduit, structural, boiler and precision tubes; welded tubes; cold-bent and hot-rolled sections comprising angles, U-channels, half-closed channels, hollow sections, H-beams and wide-flange beams; reinforcing prefabricated products for rod diameters from 6mm to 40mm; black and insulated pipes with fittings for gas, petrochemical, water and power pipelines; plus steel processing services like shearing of sheets and strips, slitting and rewinding of coils, production of open profiles and reinforcement assembly for infrastructure, industrial and residential construction. Operations extend to Poland, the rest of the European Union and international markets, serving construction, manufacturing and machinery sectors with over 500 employees, modern logistics via IT-managed inventory and a dedicated truck fleet. Past expansions include 2007 acquisitions of 80% in Betstal Sp. z o.o. and Centrostal-Jasło via subsidiary Bowim-Podkarpacie; full control of Passat-Stal S.A. in 2010; additional 10% Betstal stake in 2011 and 100% in 2015; Warsaw Stock Exchange debut in 2012; recent performance features 7% sales volume growth in 2024 amid market challenges, H1 2025 revenues of PLN 893.9m up slightly year-over-year with 13% volume increase, and expectations for capacity expansion via 2025-2026 contracts tied to infrastructure projects like Central Communication Port.