Car seat covers and jeans from Leskovac for markets worldwide - Greece's Autostop, Turkey's Jeancy to start production in Serbia soon

(Leskovac)

The number of foreign investors investing in the city on the Veternica River is constantly growing. After Falke, Yura and Emirates Power, Greece's Autostop is about to commence production in that city, where Turkey's Jeancy has already started building a factory. Over the next three years, these two companies are going to invest EUR 12 million in Leskovac and create 1,300 jobs.

- Over the last year 4,000 people from this area have got a job at production companies. The company Autostop from Athens, Greece has arrived here recently and is going to employ 300 workers within the next three years - Bratislav Cvetkovic, director of the Agency for Local Economic Development of Leskovac, says in a talk with eKapija.

As it was announced, Greece's Autostop Interiors should open a factory in Leskovac by the year's end. This factory, which is situated in the building of the former textile plant Zevelon, will first employ 100 workers, while at least another 200 people will be hired over the next two years.

- The Greek investor has started the reconstruction of the facility it rented and is going to invest about 5-6 million euros in it. Autostop will bring minimum two of its partner companies to Leskovac during the next three years. One company is from Italy, while the other is from Greece, and we expect the number of employees to be significantly increased with the arrival of these two companies - says our interlocutor.

Autostop Interiors from Athens is a family firm engaged in the production of car interiors, that is, floors and seat covers for famous car makes, such as Toyota and Chrysler.

In July the Turkish company Jeancy kicked off the construction of a 22,000sqm factory for producing jeans and other denim clothing in the northern industrial zone.

- Turkey's Jeancy Istanbul started producing denim trousers in Leskovac last July and now employs 140 workers. They use the facilities of the former company Letex for trial production and then send jeans to Turkey to have it washed. The company plans to open a new factory and hire more than 1,000 workers over the next three years - Cvetkovic stresses.

The Turkish company produces trousers, jackets, shirts and other denim clothing for world-famous companies, such as Cavalli, Versace, Ferre and others.

S.O.