Heineken has established a joint venture with Efes Breweries International N.V. (“EBI”) in order to invest in the Uzbek beer market through the acquisition of breweries.
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Heineken is to acquire the Rodic Brewery, in Novi Sad, Serbia.
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As part of its growth strategy for emerging markets, DuPont (NYSE:DD) today announced the opening of its first office in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Sofia office represents DuPont's growing market reach in Central Europe, following site openings in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Baltic countries and Serbia, the latter just last week.
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As part of its growth strategy for emerging markets, DuPont (NYSE:DD) today announced the opening of its first office in Serbia. The Serbia office represents DuPont's growing market reach in Central Europe, following facility openings in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and the Baltic countries. More than 500 DuPont employees are based in the region.
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Husky Injection Molding Systems has announced the opening of its new Vienna sales office. Sales activities, service management, project coordination and customer training are among the offerings at the new facility, which will serve as a gateway to Central and Eastern Europe, and will be headed by Christian Kapsamer, Husky’s General Manager, Central Europe.
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Having invested in state-of-the-art printing press technology from W&H for the first time as far back as 2001 with the installation of a NOVOFLEX® C.I. flexo press, the Belgrade based company has recently added to its equipment a HELIOSTAR® GE rotogravure press as well as a VAREX® blown film line.
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Bloomberg reports that Pannonplast Nyrt, a Hungarian exporter of plastic yoghurt cups, will spend Ft 355 million ($1.6 million) setting up a consumer packaging unit in Serbia to add a third foreign market to its operations. Pannonplast, based in Budapest, expects production to start in the Q1 of 2007, it said in a stock exchange statement. By having a company in Serbia, Pannonplast will be exempt from a 20% customs levy it currently must pay. The company, which also operates in Romania and Ukraine, has been selling property and unprofitable units to stem losses and concentrate on consumer packaging. It will spend a total of € 10 million ($12.8 million) on building the plant in Serbia this year and buying another in Bulgaria in the H1 of next year CFO Dénes Gyimóthy said Aug. 1. Pannonplast expects its Serbian unit to contribute Ft 400 million to revenue in its first year of operation, which will probably triple in three years, the company said.
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Equipment from Husky Injection Molding Systems – more than 50 systems in total – has been a key enabler of expansion for Uniplast, a pre-eminent Eastern European PET (polyethylene terephthalate) converter. Once only local, the company now delivers products to Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Romania, Serbia, Germany and, soon, Kazakhstan.
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Kliklok Woodman will shortly be installing a Display Card Loader (DCL) at snackfood manufacturer Marbo Products, in Serbia & Montenegro.
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