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Industry to Have Scope for Development in Trnava Industrial Park
Monday 30 November 2009 Zoom in | Print page
Trnava, November 30 (TASR) - The foundation stone of the Town Industrial and Technology Park (MPaTP) in Trnava was tapped into place on Monday by Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek, Trnava mayor Stefan Bosnak, Trnava VUC (Higher Territorial Unit) governor Tibor Mikus and SARIO general director Juraj Kiesel.
The park is a pilot project to attract investment in the fields of research and development, and construction and prototype projects in order to increase the competitiveness and innovation potential of Trnava region.
"It's a way to ameliorate the impact of the economic crisis, as there is a need for a joint science-research base ... in the case of Trnava region especially for the car industry," TASR was told by Jahnatek.
Built on an area covering 2,758 square metres, there will be at MPaTP a pavilion for sophisticated production, production-technology, and warehouse and production units pavilions. Up to 450 jobs will be created. According to Bosnak, it's important for MPaTP to work in close co-operation with the Slovak Technical University in Trnava and for it to use the potential of the car industry in western Slovakia.
The project's total cost is estimated at €10.4 million, while SARIO provided via the EU's Operational Programme Competitiveness and Economic Growth a total of €9.5 million. The construction work should be finished by September 2011, while the official launch of operation is planned for January 2012.
The City of Trnava in this project continues in its efforts to build an attractive business environment by providing first class services. "Through the car cluster – which includes Volkswagen and Kia – in western Slovakia, the university and the park, we'll try to use contacts between other clusters in the world, developing professional knowledge and state-of-the-art technologies to secure the economic development not only of companies but of the city and the region as a whole. We thus want to secure the future diversification of the industry and, at the same time, create conditions for attracting more sophisticated investments," said Bosnak.
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