Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry Trnava Regional Chamber Trnava Regional Chamber of SCCI • SCCI consists of 8 regional chambers, • Trnava is the youngest one within the structure of SCCI, • founded on January 1st. 1997, • integral part of the SCCI, • voluntary membership • major representative of entrepreneurs in the region, • members are natural and legal persons performing business activities in various fields of economy, Trnava Regional Chamber of SCCI • cooperates with other organizations, associations, labour offices, regional governement, industry unions, clusters, Universities... • 4 sections acting in whole Slovakia exist at Trnava Regional Chamber : Section of Agriculture and Food-stuff industry, Electrotechnical section, Section of road transport , Section of producers of defensive industry. Where are we? Trnava region in numbers Number of population 562 906 Density (inhabitants per km2) 136 Area (km2) 4 148 Number of Districts 7 Number of profit companies 22 012 Number of physical persons (small entrepreneurs) 37 256 Number of companies with foreign capital 2 412 Rate of unemployment (%) 2,60 The structure of industry The region can be characterized as industrial agricultural region with almost all types of industry. The main industrial branches are: • machine industry, • energy industry, • automotive industry, • metal-working industry, •electrotechnical industry, • chemical and pharmaceutical industry, • paper-printing and polygraphical industry, Main advantages of Trnava Region • region with rich industrial heritage • the growth of foreign capital especially in industry, • concentrated presence of major foreign investors, • qualified working force, • suitable logistic position • concentration of institutions with interregional importance, • existence of three Universities, • important cultural and historical sights, • existence of geothermal and healing spas. Foreign investors Amylum Group ( Netherlands), Schaeffer Skalica spol. s r.o. (Germany), PCA Slovakia (France), Samsung Electronics Slovakia (South Korea), Bekaert Hlohovec a.s. (Belgium), ZF a.s. (Germany), Prother/Vaillant (Germany), Johns Manville Slovakia a.s. (USA), Semikron s.r.o. (Germany), Bodet&Horst s.r.o. (Germany), JASPLASTIK-SK s.r.o. (Hungary), Eissmann Automotive Slovakia (Germany), Wertheim s.r.o. (Austria), Semmerlock Stein (Austria), Fremach Trnava s.r.o. (Belgium), Boge Elastmetall Slovakia (Germany), Webasto-Edscha Cabrio Slovakia (Germany) Contact Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry Trnava Regional Chamber Trhová 2 917 01 Slovakia Tel.: +421-33-55 12 588 +421-33-5512744 Fax: +421-33-55 12 603 www.tt.sopk.sk Mr. Peter Kovář.