Source: eKapija | Thursday, 28.05.2009.| 16:02
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Construction of Technology Park in Vršac to start in June 2009 - open competition for rental of land to be announced soon

Technology Park in Vršac
Technology Park in Vršac

Construction of Technology Park Vršac, in which 4.5m EUR will be invested by that city and the European Agency for Reconstruction and Development, starts in June. The Technology Park will occupy the surface of 27.5 ha, and numerous companies have already expressed interest in rental of land in that location, of which starting price will amount to 6 EUR per square meter - Dragiša Vučinić, the Investment Adviser of the Mayor of Vršac, told "eKapija".

Vučinić pointed out that the open competition for rental of land would be announced soon and that the criteria for selection of investors would be the amount of investments, the number of people they intend to employ and whether the company would be registered in Vršac.

eKapija: What benefits will you grant to the investors who start business in the Technology Park?

- In addition to the benefits that the state provides for newly formed companies and employment of people from the labor market, municipality of Vršac will stimulate construction of new units by offering favorable lease of organized building land under the condition that certain number of workers from the territory of municipality of Vršac be employed and that the new company be registered in municipality of Vršac.

eKapija: What will be the lease period for land in the Park?

- Land will be leased in accordance with the Law, on period of 50 or 99 years.

eKapija: How many companies will be situated in the Technology Park?

- In the first phase, three large companies will be situated at 5.5 ha, while the remaining surface of 22 ha will be leased by large number of smaller companies.

eKapija: What are the companies with which you have negotiated so far?

- So far, we have not signed any contracts because there are no conditions for that yet, but we are currently negotiating with some very significant companies - German "Fresenius", Croatian "Atlantic Group" and Italian company "IMA".

eKapija: Which businesses will be primarily present in the Park?

- Industrial units with modern technologies will be built in "Technology Park", and the focus will be on environment protection.

eKapija: Is the Park going to have any infrastructure?

- The Technology Park will be fully equipped with the traffic infrastructure, primary water and sewerage installations, 20 kV electric grid and telegraphic installations. The location of the Industrial Park is close to main route Belgrade - Vršac – Timisoara on one side and Belgrade - Vršac – Timisoara railway on the other side, some 15 km away from the border with Romania. The land-utilization plan for that zone anticipates various industrial contents such as customs warehouses, reloading terminals, etc.

eKapija: How much money will be invested in the Technology Park by Vršac and the European Agency for Reconstruction ?

- Municipality of Vršac will invest 1m EUR, while the European Agency for Reconstruction will provide 3.5m EUR.

eKapija: Who is the author of the spatial plan?

- The Spatial Plan of Municipality of Vršac has been designed by public company "City Planning Institute of Vojvodina", Novi Sad. The plan for detailed regulation of the Technology Park has been designed by the Institute for Architecture and City Planning of Republic of Serbia (IAUS), and the leading planners were Igor Marić and Mila Pucar. The municipality, that is, the Commission for Plans of Municipality of Vršac, and the Ministry of Environment Protection and Spatial Planning of Serbia took part in the making of the Spatial Plan for Municipality of Vršac.

eKapija: Which companies will be the contractors for works on equipping of the industrial zone?


- European Commission, which will provide the funds for traffic infrastructure, has chosen company "Strabag", with which the contract will be signed in June, while Vršac, that is, its public company "Varoš", has selected public company "Elektrovojvodina" for works on electric installations and public company "Telekom Srbija" for works on TT installations.

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