Duisburg / Czechowice-Dziedzice (Poland), in April 2014.

On 3 April 2014, the “Podpałki Czechowickie” product range of barbecue, fireplace, and oven lighters manufactured by our matches factory Fabryka Zapałek “Czechowice” S.A., received the “Brand of the Year” award in the “Matches and Igniting Products” category.”

The “Dobra Marka” award is granted by Forum Biznesu and the Biznes Trendy magazine to the most dynamic and most promising brands on the Polish market. The market survey, in which 1,200 respondents participated, analysed brand recognition, product quality, and consumer trust.

The distinction places “Podpałki Czechowickie” among many other renowned brands such as Lotos, Matras, Muszynianka, Sante, Wittchen, Kamill, Deichmann, Koral, and Naturell.

The programme is under the patronage of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw.

Within the PCC Group, Fabryka Zapałek “Czechowice” S.A. is a subsidiary of PCC Consumer Products S.A., Warsaw, and thus belongs to the Consumer Products segment of PCC SE.