GILD YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY POZEGA-SLAVONIA COUNTY, croatia taBLE OF content POZEGA-slavonia county 01 | BASIC INDICATORS 4 02 | LOCATION 5 03 | HUMAN CAPITAL 6 04 | COST COMPETITIVENESS 8 05 | INDUSTRIAL TRADITION 9 06 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 10 07 | READY–MADE INVESTMENT LOCATIONS 11 08 | ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT INCENTIVES 17 09 | ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES 17 10 | DID YOU KNOW? INTERESTING FACTS 18 GILD YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY – INVEST IN POžEGA-SLAVONIA COUNTY GILD YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY – INVEST IN POžEGA-SLAVONIA COUNTY BASIC INDICATORS LOCATION Požega-Slavonia County, also called Golden County (Vallis Aurea), is located in continental Croatia in the north-eastern Požega-Slavonia County is a county with a very favourable part of the Republic of Croatia. location between Hungarian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian borders. The County has long industrial tradition, and it is also famous by its wine production. 3h Excellent road infrastructure and rail links ensure that 2h many EU and CEFTA markets can be serviced in 24-hours 1h or less: for example, Budapest (330 km), Vienna (550 km), Munich (730 km). Border with Hungary is 85 km, Serbia Zagreb LAND AREA CLIMATE 70 km and Bosnia and Herzegovina only 35 km away from 2 1,815.23 km Continental the County seat. CAPITAL GDP PER CAPITA (2015) Požega € 6,061 ADMINISTRATION UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (2016) 5 towns and 5 municipalities Zagreb (towns: Požega, Pakrac, Pleternica, Lipik, Kutjevo, 22.8 % municipalities: Velika, Jakšić, Kaptol, Brestovac, Čaglin) POPULATION (EST. 2016) AVERAGE MONTHLY GROSS SALARY (2015) PAN EUROPEAN CORRIDOR 10 71,920 € 862 (SALZBURG – LjUBLjana – ZAGREb – BELGRADE Požega-Slavonia – SKOPJE – THESSALONIKI) County REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY ROUTE MUNICH – LjUBLjana – ZAGREB YOUNG AND EDUCATED WORKFORCE – BELGRADE – SOFIA TRADITION IN FOOD-PROCESSING, MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY Kutjevo Pakrac AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION Lipik COST COMPETITIVE Požega VICINITY OF OSIJEK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Pleternica (120 KM) AND ZAGREB INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (180 KM) 4 5 GILD YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY – INVEST IN POžEGA-SLAVONIA COUNTY GILD YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY – INVEST IN POžEGA-SLAVONIA COUNTY DID YOU KNOW? HUMAN Požega-Slavonia County employs 40.5% CAPITAL of employees in manufacturing, which generates 29.4% of total revenue. The educational institutions: Source: Financial Agency of the Republic of Croatia (FINA) Polytechnics in Požega (Accounting, Commerce, Administration, Viticulture-Oenology-Pomology, The County workforce is experienced, highly Food Technology and Trade Business), motivated and has a long tradition of University of Applied Health Studies Zagreb – Study Program of Physiotherapy in Pakrac excellence in education particularly in the Eight secondary schools, with various programs fields of food production, metal and wood processing. Age Structure in PožegA-SlAvoniA county 15 % 0-14 18 % 15-64 67 % 65 and more Source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Population Estimates 2016 6 7 GILD YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY – INVEST IN POžEGA-SLAVONIA COUNTY GILD YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY – INVEST IN POžEGA-SLAVONIA COUNTY COST COMPETITIVENESS INDUSTRIAL DID YOU KNOW? TRADITION The first data on glass production in Lipik area were recorded in 1803. Today LIPIK GLASS produces car glass for Bentley Motors, Aston Požega-Slavonia County has a long industrial tradition, ELECTRICITY PRICES FOR INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS Martin, McLaren, Lamborghini, Ferrari and Alfa (€ PER kHw), 2017 S1 particularly in the fields of food processing, glass production, furniture production and metal processing. Romeo. THE LOWEST ELECTRICITY PRICES FOR CROATIA INDUSTRIAL USERS SLOVENIA SLOVAKIA WOOD PROCESSING FOOD PROCESSING NATURAL GAS PRICES ARE AMONG BULGARIA THE LOWEST IN EUROPE POLAND EU 28 CZECH REPUBLIC 5X LOWER AVERAGE MONTHLY GROSS SALARY THAN IN THE EU HUNGARY 0,00 0,01 0,02 0,03 0,04 0,05 0,06 Source: Eurostat 2018; 70 000 MWh < Consumption < 150 000 Mwh SPINVALIS Zvečevo Plc., the chocolate factory since 1936. AVERAGE GROSS EARNINGS PER HOUR (€), 2015 Production of modern furniture from genuine Today it produces a range of high-quality chocolate Slavonian wood, coated in natural, environmentally bars, premium chocolate, pralines as well as spirits, POžEGA- friendly bio oil. liquers and brandies. SLAVONIA Investment costs COUNTY 33% lower CROATIA EUROPEAN than EU28 average UNION (28 COUNTRIES) FASHION INDUSTRY PRODUCTION OF HEATING ApplIANCES 0 5 10 15 20 25 Source: Eurostat Total Labour Costs, 2018; Croatian Bureau of Statistics, 2018 PRICE LEVEL INDICES FOR INVESTMENT 2016 CROATIA 67 % Orljava Ltd. is a company which produces high - PLAMEN Ltd. - 90-year tradition in the manufacture quality men’s shirts for all occasions. of cast iron parts and final products, today one of the largest foundries and manufacturers of household EUROPEAN heating appliances in the Republic of Croatia. UNION (28 100 % COUNTRIES) 0 20 40 60 80 100 Source: Eurostat 2018 8 9 GILD YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY – INVEST IN POžEGA-SLAVONIA COUNTY GILD YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY – INVEST IN POžEGA-SLAVONIA COUNTY THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Success stories Kutjevo is one of the largest wine producers in Croatia. It’s grape and wine production has written history of almost 800 years. Today Kutjevo owns about READY–MADE 1150 ha of modern vineyards located on the same world’s geographical latitude as many distinguished vineyards such as Piemont and Bordeaux. The supreme INVESTMENT quality of Kutjevo wines is confirmed year after year by prestigious awards won at international and domestic wine competitions. LOCATIONS Production of wine Business Zone PleternicA, Pleternica Business Zone INDUSTRIJSKA ulicA SJever, Požega The company has been producing glass since 1963 and has been in majority ownership of Italian Finind Group. After two years or restructuring, the company Business Zone KAMenJAČA, Kutjevo started production of high-performance car glass for low-series, high-budget vehicles. Today the Lipik Glas is a world leader in providing car glass to brands Production of car glass such as Bentley, Lamborghini, Mc Laren etc. Business Zone liPiK ii, lipik “Our goal is to create the products of the highest quality for road safety, which includes our two brands: DLEDS for LED lighting and DPOWER for LED signalization. We have selected the city of Pakrac as a centre of our CEE operations, because of perfect ratio of manpower availability, growth potential and good support from the local government.” 10 READY-MADE ≈ 3 million PRICE OF LAND STARTS Production of LED optics and Giorgio Durin, Director of Detas Group, Italy lightning projects BUSINESS ZONES SQUARE METERS FROM 0,13 €/m2 10 11 GILD YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY – INVEST IN POžEGA-SLAVONIA COUNTY GILD YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY – INVEST IN POžEGA-SLAVONIA COUNTY Business Zone Pleternica, Pleternica Business Zone Industrijska ulica Sjever, Požega general information infrastructure/energents capacity general information infrastructure/energents capacity Location (city/municipality) Pleternica Infrastructure/energents capacity Availability Location (city/municipality) Požega Infrastructure/energents capacity Availability Size of the zone (m²) 1,645,000 Gas Yes Size of the zone (m²) 358,326 Gas No Available land size (m²) 619,700 Electricity Yes Available land size (m²) 47,545 Electricity Yes Production and Construction purpose Manufacturing Water Yes Construction purpose Water Yes service Allowed construction density 0.6 Sewage Yes Allowed construction density 0.5 Sewage Yes Construction efficiency coefficient allowed 1.8 Construction efficiency coefficient allowed 1.8 Allowed construction height (m) 21 Allowed construction height (m) 15 Pakrac Kutjevo Pakrac Kutjevo Lipik Lipik Požega Požega Pleternica Pleternica Zagreb Zagreb 12 13 GILD YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY – INVEST IN POžEGA-SLAVONIA COUNTY GILD YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY – INVEST IN POžEGA-SLAVONIA COUNTY Business Zone Kamenjača, Kutjevo Business Zone II, LIPIK general information infrastructure/energents capacity general information infrastructure/energents capacity Location (city/municipality) Kutjevo Infrastructure/energents capacity Availability Location (city/municipality) Lipik Infrastructure/energents capacity Availability Size of the zone (m²) 226,968 Gas Yes Size of the zone (m²) 169,605 Gas Yes Available land size (m²) 13,448 Electricity Yes Available land size (m²) 95,846 Electricity Yes Manufacturing and Manufacturing and Construction purpose Water Yes Construction purpose Water Yes services services Allowed construction density 0.64 Sewage Yes Allowed construction density 0.8 Sewage Yes Construction efficiency coefficient allowed 1.16 Construction efficiency coefficient allowed 0.9 Allowed construction height (m) 15 Allowed construction height (m) 15 Pakrac Kutjevo Pakrac Kutjevo Lipik Lipik Požega Požega Pleternica Pleternica Zagreb Zagreb 14 15 GILD YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY – INVEST IN POžEGA-SLAVONIA COUNTY GILD YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY – INVEST IN POžEGA-SLAVONIA COUNTY Other Available Zones ATTRACTIve INveSTMENT ADDITIONAL INCENTIveS INCENTIVES • Business Zone “Svetenica”, Velika, 211,200 m2 • Business Zone “Novi Bešinci”, Kaptol, 130,000 m2 • Business Zone “Čaglin”, Čaglin, 19,758 m2 • SME Zone Pakrac, Pakrac, 540,000 m2 • Business Zone “Jakšić”, Jakšić, 169, 605 m2 • Zone Pakrac 5 – for service and trade activities,