(Dragan Mićić and Božidar Đelić)
Company "ICM Electronics" is the laureate of "Aurea
2009" award for the best investment in 2008. This company won the award
for the project for construction of the first factory of robotic lines in
Serbia. In that way, the campaign initiated by investment portal "eKapija.com"
was crowned by yesterday’s (March 9th, 2009) awards night in
Belgrade-based "Aeroklub", which took place in the presence of
numerous representatives of diplomatic corps, business community and media.
The award was granted by Božidar Đelić, the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
and the Minister of Science and Technology Development.
He said on that occasion that the nominated projects had given certain dose
of hope that Serbia had people with great ideas and entrepreneurial spirit even
in the difficult times.
- What is going to be very important in the next few years is the presence
of ideas that can contribute to improvement of business opportunities. It is
necessary that we promote the services and products based on knowledge. It is
also necessary that we provide financial and any other support to such projects
in order for Serbia to get sustainable position in the international market – said
Đelić.
The laureate, company "ICM Electronics", has built and put the first Serbian factory
for production and assembling of robotic lines in operation in Platičevo
near Ruma. Production unit and administrative building of "ICM" occupy
the surface of over 1,000 square meters.
- This award is a great compliment for "ICM Electronics", especially
because we have received it from such respectable company and renowned jury. The
award has set the new goal for us – to be shortlisted for “Aurea” award next
year. Although the new factory has increased our capacities 10 times, further
expansion and new investments are in the pipeline – said Dragan Mićić, the CEO
of "ICM Electronics".
(Milinko Milinković and Božidar Đelić)
In addition to "Aurea 2009" award, two special certificates have
also been granted – for innovation and public usefulness. The title of the
useful investment was won by the project of "Kuće Beodom", which
concerns construction
of low-energy residential buildings. The production of halls of prefabricated
ferro-cement elements, the project of "Milinković Company", won
the title of the most innovative investment.
Milinko Milinković, the CEO of "Milinković Company", said that his
company had won many awards, but that the award granted by “eKapija" meant
a lot.
- We’ve received the certificate after 10 years of work on the system for
construction of facilities of ferrocement elements, which represents an
innovation not only because of the application of technology solutions, but
also because of its new philosophy of construction. That system enables cheap
and quick construction of school sports halls because 80% of schools either
have inadequate halls or have no halls at all – said Milinković.
(Milena Gojković Mestre and Božidar Đelić)
Milena Gojković Mestre, the CEO of company "Kuće Beodom", said
that the award represented great acknowledgement of their work.
- Our project represents a step towards sustainable development because our
buildings use very small quantity of primary energy. The use of solar energy
for heating sanitarian water and the use of geo-thermal energy for heating and
cooling reduce both dependence on primary energy and the greenhouse effect – said
she.
(Zdravko Lončar, Jelena Pavićević, Aleksandar Parezanović)
According to the words of Zdravko Lončar, the CEO of "eKapija", the
basic criteria for selection of the investment of the year were innovation and
originality, as well as public usefulness and financial profitability.
- Good investment projects are not always those on the covers of the
newspapers. We wanted to throw a light on the investments that enable long-term
sustainable development of Serbia and raise the level of our competitiveness in
the international market and, at the same time, take care of the needs of the
public community – Lončar said on that occasion.
(eKapija's team)
The six-member jury, which consisted of respectable investment experts and
businessmen, and the visitors of eKapija’s website selected the winner of "Aurea
2009" award. Realization of the project was supported by "Hochegger
Communications Consulting", one of the leading consulting companies in CEE.
In addition to "ICM Electronics", "Milinković Company" and
"Kuće Beodom", other nominees for the award were "Metalac",
"Sto posto", "Delta Agrar", "NTIM Technology" and
"SFERA".
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