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Central Europe's TOP 500 Companies Features 29 Slovak Businesses
Saturday 11 September 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, September 11 (TASR) - There are 29 Slovak businesses with last year's combined sales of €32 billion, which are included in the group of 500 largest firms in Central Europe, reveals the CE Top 500 rankings recently released by Deloitte company.
Owing to their economic results the list includes more Slovak firms than in 2008, but none of them were able to keep their position in the top 20 as a year earlier.
The Slovak unit of German carmaker Volkswagen saw its sales drop 43 percent down to around €3 billion, even losing its position of Slovak leader. Samsung Electronics Slovakia came out on top among Slovak companies, moving up 13 places to 21st. Steelmaker US Steel Kosice recorded the most dramatic plunge, falling 23 places to 68th as its sales declined 39 percent. Ironworks Podbrezova (Banska Bystrica region) with sales of €135 million was even taken off the charts.
The list also features 8 newcomers, among them two majority- Slovak-owned companies - Unipharma Prievidza (Trencin region) and Doprastav. Retail chain Kaufland and LCD panel manufacturer Samsung Electronics LCD are among Slovak firms with the highest rise in sales.
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