World class program for Belgrade – “Simpo” company opened its 11th retail object in the capital

“Simpo” company has opened its 11th retail saloon in Belgrade and showed that this domestic brand is still successfully developing, and that Serbian commerce is stronger. The object – studio 2 saloon, which was festively opened on Saturday (August, 22nd, 2009) in Blvd. Mihailo Pupin No.181, in New Belgrade, offers the best assortment, pieces of furniture made for export and sale in European metropolitan cities like Rome, Milan, Prague and Paris.

Mr. Dragan Tomic, the President of “Simpo” company, made a speech at the opening in which he said that his business conception and privatization were in the same style of development, like in the period prior to the global economic crisis. With manufacture, exporting and sale to Europe and shopping centers across Serbia, they may not expect the best results, but in spite of that the company is fighting to overpass the crisis.

- For already 20 years, we’ve been running a serious and fundamental campaign, said Mr. Tomic. – We wanted to be most successful during privatization process and provide more working places, instead of cutting down the number of employees. And we are succeeding. The South of Serbia has seriously felt the consequences of the global crisis, leaving 20.000 people without work. Our factory in Vranje is a confirmation of good business, and “Simpo” company has more than 5.000 employed workers.

“Simpo” is the largest domestic furniture exporting company from Serbia to all European countries and America. According to Miroljub Petrovic, Domestic Trade Department Manager, despite the economic crisis and recession, only during this year, the company invested significant means into modernization of its production capacities, in order to improve the quality and productivity.

- “Simpo” is the largest domestic trade company for manufacture and placement of furniture on the Balkans, with more than 50 retail objects, it was pointed by Mr. Petrovic – Within “Simpo” company, there are various sectors, starting from production of living room sofas, French beds, decorative fabrics, children’s program and “Kondiva”.

Three newest brands of “Simpo” are made under the name “Simpo junior”, with which the management is very satisfied. It consists of three programs – children’s program from birth to 18 years, kitchen program, which will have a separate retail object in Blvd. Kralja Aleksandra, in one month, and the third one is all for bed program.

The factories

Mr. Tomic said that they had privatized and then sold two factories, one in Bujanovac and one in Vranjska Banja, and that they requested from the new owners not to fire workers and to continue the production program.

(Note: the text was entirely taken from “Novosti” daily paper, from August, 23rd, 2009)