20th September 2021

The President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, has attended today the opening of the factory for the production of electrical lighting of the Swiss company “Regent Lighting! In Svilajnac and announced investment in the infrastructure of this region which was, a he said, important for its population, but also for investors.

President Vučić told the gathered citizens that the state had invested in the facilities and infrastructure in that town EUR 16 mil. and announced investments in the amount of about EUR 25 mil. into the project of the Svilajnac bypass, with two bridges, across the Resava and Morava rivers.

“We are not working and constructing roads, bridges and bypasses for us, but for those who will succeed us. I am immensely thankful because you understood that only by hard labor changes can be made, with joint forces we can do so many thing and only in such manner Serbia may progress”, said President Vučić adding that Serbia needed more factories such as “Regent Lighting”, which employ between 100 and 300 people. He emphasized that Serbia needed to continue to encourage dual education because it had good results and stated that we had support of Swiss, German and Austrian partners in it.

President Vučić expressed satisfaction because he saw many young people in the factory because they were the ones who would save the towns where factories are opened, adding that in such manner nobody would want to leave Serbia. He said that this factory would give an additional impulse, not just to newly-employed, but also to the entire municipality of Svilajnac.

During the following two and a half year we will complete here sewage, with factories with filers of wastewater. We will complete the water supply to the most distanced villages, and we will construct a closed pool. It seems to me that most of infrastructural problems have been solved here”, said President Vučić.

The new factory, of approximately 6,500 square meters, was constructed within the first stage of construction of the facilities of “Regent Lighting” company, whereas the plan is to construct in the second stage another hall with additional 6,000 square meters.

The “Regent Lighting” company executive director, Yurg Staimer announced that in first four years of business operations this company would invest EUR 4 mil. and that the plan was, upon the completion of the second stage of investing, to employ more than 250 employees.

The company CEO, Christoph Platzer expressed satisfaction with opening of the new factory in Svilajnac.

“What we need is high-qualified labor force and that is why we decided to be a part of the dual education system, with which we have great experience in Switzerland”, he said.

Source: www.predsednik.rs
Photo: Dimitrije Goll