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
Novi Sad 50 km
Belgrade 75 km
Timisoara Romania 100 km
Szeged Hungary 130 km
Zagreb Croatia 400 km
Vienna Austria 500 km
Roma Italy 730 km
Berlin Germany 910 km
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
Major industries Gross Salary
Food processing 300
Metal industry 290
Textile industry 230
Chemical industry 330
Oil and natural gas production 560
Construction 330
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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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