Croatia: A new parts factory for Mercedes,BMW And Audi in Zadar 2017-08-10
A new factory will be opened in the Zadar area, the owner of the Kotar Superior Consulting company is the leader of this project, his associates are a German subsidiary of the company Wabco, as well as an Italian of the French Valeo , they are suppliers of producers such as Mercedes , Audi and BMW.
Željko Uzelac has been the CEO of LTH Metalni Lijev, a factory that produced elements for the auto industry; he declares that he has been in contacts with his partners ever since he retired and that they have many factories around the world.
According to him, it will be a new green-field investment worth a total of 12 million Euros. “Our partners work with a lot of companies and prepare development programmes for them. The building itself will cost about three million Euros. We plan to have eight machines worth about seven million Euros, employing about 20 workers. I have secured two locations where the plant could be built. One is in an industrial zone in Murvica, and the other is in Benkovac.” says Uzelac.
Uzelac explained that the plant will be in an area of 3,000 square metres and will include latest and cutting edge technologies. These are machines that produce parts with 3D technology. That used to be just a dream, but now is something completely normal. In the new plant, we will also create moulds that our partners would use in their own facilities. We will also make parts for electric vehicles.
Uzelac affirmed that the metal industry is his speciality and that he has a great experience in that sector, however, he is worried about the lack of qualified workers in the metal industry.