Facility for production of memory foam in Ruma to expand – Jobs for another 300 workers

The company HealthCare Europe will expand its existing facilities in the Industrial Zone Rumska Petlja and employ another 300 workers on the production of memory foam, it was announced at a press conference.

In line with an agreement with the Municipality of Ruma, the Chinese-Danish company will buy another 4.5 hectares of land in Block 2 and build an additional 20,000 m2 of production space.

– Last year, when we sold them around 4.5 hectares of land, they built an additional 17,000 m2 of their own production facilities and they currently have over 50,000 m2 of production space, employing over 700 workers – said the president of the municipality of Ruma, Sladjan Mancic.

He added that the local self-government of Ruma had earned around RSD 40 million from selling a nearly identical parcel to the company in 2018. They now stand to earn again, and the main income will come each year through the property tax.

– Considering that this is an export-oriented company, the state itself will earn as well – Mancic claims.

The need for an additional production facility arose from the successful operations of HealthCare Europe in the USA. Aleksandar Andersen Podravac, CEO at HealthCare Europe, said that the market demanded a quick reaction and that they had immediately made concrete steps toward meeting the challenge:

– We can do this job in six months. Let me remind that the first 28,000 m2 was raised in nine months and that we moved in the machines and started producing within 11 months. We want to make a serious giant not just in Serbia but in this part of Europe and even in the world.

Healthcare Europe d.o.o. Ruma

Opština Ruma

HealthCare Europe Ruma

Municipality of Ruma

Slađan Mančić

Aleksandar Andersen Podravac

industrial zone Rumska petlja

production of memory foam

construction of production facility