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Dinkic said at the occasion that the Italian company Gruppo Fiorentino will expand and modernise existing facilities for textile production and employ 60 more workers from Vlasotince.
The Minister explained that the company has received €300,000 for this project, through the programme for financial support for investors, which is being implemented by his Ministry and the Serbian Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SIEPA).
Gruppo Fiorentino received a €5,000 incentive per employee, which is the maximum incentive amount for the textile industry, he noted.
The Slovenian company Elrad WS has decided to build one more factory for the production of cable components for the electronics and car industries and it will employ 50 more workers, the Minister specified.
The new factory will be built on an area of 15,000 square metres. Most of its production will be export oriented, meant for top buyers in Slovenia and Germany. The total value of the investment stands at €1.23 million, he underlined.
Elrad WS also received funds from the incentives programme in the amount of €350,000, or €7,000 per employee, highlighted the Minister.
The Slovenian company, which is doing business in one of the least developed municipalities of Serbia, received the incentive because it employed 300 people in Vlasotince. The company works in the electronics sector, which is one of the priority sectors for the government, explained Dinkic.
He announced that Gruppo Fiorentino will complete the expansion of production by the end of March next year and Elrad WS by the end of next year, adding that both companies are satisfied with their employees in Vlasotince.
He invited other investors to invest in the municipality, where thousands are unemployed.
Minister of the National Investment Plan Verica Kalanovic said that during the last five years infrastructure in Vlasotince has improved significantly but a lot of work remains to be done so that the economy returns to normal and people can have a normal life and employment.
Priorities in the next year will be to reduce the danger from flooding and work will done on infrastructure development, which will create conditions for the economy to function better, she pointed out.
Dinkic and Kalanovic began their visit to the municipalities of Vlasotince and Leskovac with a meeting with Vlasotince municipal president Srdjan Susulic.
Later today they will tour construction works near Leskovac, which are being carried out as part of the Let’s Build Together programme of the Ministry of the National Investment Plan, being implemented in cooperation with the European Investment Bank and local authorities.
They will also visit the office of the Falke company in Leskovac and meet with Mayor of Leskovac Slobodan Kocic.