Representatives of Turkish Erteks arriving to Arilje – Construction of eco-leather facility to begin in early 2019

The president of the municipality of Arilje, Milos Nedeljkovic, announced that the Turkish company Erteks would build a facility in the town, where around 400 people would be employed.

– A representative of the Turkish company Erteks, with which a memorandum on cooperation was signed this June, is arriving to Arilje. The company produces eco-leather and the plan is for it to employ around 400 workers at this factory – Nedeljkovic told Glas Zapadne Srbije.

Nedeljkovic pointed out that the municipality had provided the location and that the land needed to be repurposed from agricultural land into building land.

– We have addressed the ministry and we expect this process to be finished soon. If everything goes according to plan, the construction of the production facilities should start in early 2019. The equipment has arrived and is currently located in Belgrade. We are now looking for a warehouse in Arilje where it would be located until the construction starts – the president of the municipality of Arilje specified.

The Turkish investors expect that as much as 80% of the entire production would be exported to the European and the Russian market and that the monthly exports would exceed EUR 2 million.

On the occasion of the signing of the memorandum, it was announced that the factory would be equipped with the most modern technology and that ecology would be put in special focus.

In addition to the existing ones, additional filters for waste water treatment have been bought and they meet the standards even above those in the European Union.

The factory will take up 3,000 square meters and be located on a 2-ha plot of land.

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