Many formerly state-owned companies are being privatized - and the market liberalized.

As Minister for Energy, he presided over a period of increasing liberalization of the formerly strictly state-owned petroleum market in Algeria.

Formed around several of Poland's formerly state-owned industrial companies, it was privatized as the country's biggest producer of power-generation equipment, electrical cable and engineering services.

At the same time, many formerly state-owned industries were sold to private businesses, often at a fraction of their real value.

English-speaking guides and interpreters are available through Ibusz, a travel agency that was formerly state-owned but is now privately run.

The company was formerly state-owned.

Under government orders to become economically self-sufficient, many formerly state-owned factories have tried to transform themselves, often with the help of foreign partners.

Formerly state-owned, it was privatized during the 1990s, but the government still retains around one-third of the shares.

His acquisitions included Royal Ordnance, a formerly state-owned armaments supplier, and Ballast Nedam, a Dutch construction company.

Ships Laden With Optimism The Volkswerften, as the shipyard here is known, was formerly state-owned.