Why invest in Zrenjanin

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WELCOME !
ZRENJANIN
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Where is Zrenjanin?
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• ZRENJANIN
• Capital of the Banat region

The second city in Vojvodina referring the area
1326 km2
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Population 140.000 85.000 city
itself 55.000 villages 700.000
Banat region 30 million Southeast Europe Free
Trade Area and (CEFTA)
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• Zrenjanin Small Switzerland in Serbia
• Multiethnic and multicultural city
• 4 official languages
• ( Serbian, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak )
• 23 ethnic groups living together for
  centuries

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Easy access to other markets

• Excellent transport link via Corridor 10

Distances from surrounding industrial centers
Zrenjanin-Novi Sad (40 km) Regional road,
connecting the motorway E75 Zrenjanin-Belgrade
(70 km) Regional road, connecting to the
motorway E70 Zrenjanin-Temisoara (100 km)
International road to Ukraine, Moldavia and
other ex Soviet republics
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Easy Transport (1)

• - Center of regional railroad network
• - Largest C class airport in the Balkans
• Airport Zrenjanin

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Easy Transport (2)
- River Begej part of Danube Rein Mein
hydro system connecting North Sea with
the Black Sea - Harbor on river Begej
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Free Zone Zrenjanin
Free Zone Zrenjanin is one of four Free zones in
Serbia

• Setting up business in the free zone
  significantly reduces expenses up to 40

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Example of savings in a free zone

• On import and export of 1.000.000 value of
  goods
• Savings in VAT - 180. 000
• Saving in customs fees - 200. 000
• TOTAL SAVINGS 380. 000
• (sufficient to pay 80 employees for one year)

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Map of the City with the zones marked
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Industrial park Ecka
Area 120 - 1100 hectars
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Industrial park Ecka

• Advantages
• River Begej
• Airport
• Regional road
• to Belgrade
• Transit road

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Industrial park Ecka
Construction land is given
FREE OF CHARGE
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Industrial park Ecka
Only expense 10 /m2
( Price for equipping the land with all
necessary infrastructure )
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Industrial park Ecka

• Location is equipped with necessary
  infrastructure
• (road, industrial power lines, water, sewage
  and drainage system, natural gas, telephone and
  internet)

Access to infrastructure FREE of charge i.e. no
utility or other connection fees
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U n i q u e o f f e r

• Investor can choose
• shape, size and position of the construction site
• Infrastructure connection points

In this manner engineering and construction costs
can be reduced by 30
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Financial INCENTIVES

• Available funds
• 2,000 - 10,000 per every new employee

100 employees 200 000 to 1 000 000
or 2 - 10 ha of construction land for FREE
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Investment Center LED Office

• Organized support for investors
• All licences and permits in One stop shop
  within 24 hours
• All types of assistance available
• ( finding accommodation, renting office
  space, cars, telephone and internet connections,
  liaising with relevant institutions and
  organizations )

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BIZ - Business Incubator center Zrenjanin

• Special incentive
• 25 of total office space in BIZ is given free
  of charge to new investors

• Key purpose of BIZ
• Development of advanced technologies
• www.biz-zr.co.yu

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Zrenjanin - university center

• - 2 Technical faculties
• Departments
• IT, Mechanical,
• Management,
• Textile
• - 4.000 students

- 8 Secondary schools Based on the investors
needs for certain skills special educational
programs are introduced
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Workforce and industries in Zrenjanin
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Greenfield investments in Zrenjanin

• POMPEA (ITALY)
• Manufacturing underwear and hosiery
• FULGAR (ITALY)
• Manufacturing yarns for the textile industry
• DRÄXLMAIER (GERMANY)
• Car industry production
• GEZE (GERMANY)
• Production of door closers and automatic door
  system
• ARCADOM (HUNGARY)
• Commercial park

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Greenfield investments in Zrenjanin

• SUPERNOVA (AUSTRIA)
• Trade and warehousing business
• PHIWA WALTHER GROUP (GERMANY)
• Warehousing and supermarkets
• UM-ING (SERBIA)
• Engineering and trade services
• GR Systems (ITALY)
• Electronics
• DEMEX (SERBIA)
• Construction

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Greenfield investments in Zrenjanin

• BAPS MEHLER AG GROUP (GERMANY)
• Ballistic protective systems
• ALPIN (SERBIA)
• Industry tools production
• BOMEX 4M (SERBIA)
• Shipyard
• FUTURE BIOTEC (GERMANY)
• Synthetic Diesel production
• IN MED (SERBIA)
• Pharmaceutical company

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Brownfield investments in Zrenjanin

• K. Damen Holland - Shipyard
• Bongrain Europe Sas France Milk processing
  factory
• Agrokor Croatia Sunflower oil products
• Kolpa San Slovenia - furnishing
• Pecocar Holland Holland

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Why invest in Zrenjanin?

• Free construction land in new industrial parks
• Industrial parks fully equipped with
  infrastructure
• Free zone in Zrenjanin
• Geographic and transportation advantages
• Qualified, experienced and inexpensive
  workforce
• Long industrial and corporate tradition
• Quick and efficient administration

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