Use permit is on the way – 1,000 workers in “Calzedonia” factory in Subotica

The Italian ready-to-wear producer “Calzedonia” expects to obtain a use permit soon, after which this company would hire 1,000 workers in the next two years, Modest Dulić, Mayor of Subotica, said on Wednesday.

After meeting with Guiseppe Manzo, the Italian Ambassador to Serbia who visited Subotica on Wednesday, Dulić said that “Calzedonia” would start the second phase of construction of the factory workshop and create additional 200 jobs, if the economic situation was such that the investor still had interest to invest.

- Today, I have given preliminary information that will soon be confirmed by the investor, “Calzedonia”, which expects to obtain a use permit any day. This means that from that moment, employment as defined by the contract will start, and let me remind you that we are talking about 1,000 people who will find jobs in this leading company in the next two years – said the Mayor of Subotica.

He also said that Subotica administration “is ready to meet all the requirements of the investor”, and that Subotica has “the credibility of a favourable destination for foreign investments”

- We are proud of the fact that there are more than ten Italian companies in our city operating in the fields of banking and insurance, as well as renowned companies that are going to start their production, such as “Calzedonia” and “Leonardo”, which has entered a new investment cycle this year by bidding for land and planning to build a leather goods factory - said Dulić.

The Italian Ambassador Guiseppe Manzo said to the press that he made a commitment that the location of Subotica, which lies on the Corridor 10, would become an Italian square on the European corridor.

- When I go to Kragujevac and say “500”, everyone thinks about the car Fiat 500 and when I come to Subotica and Vojvodina and say “500” this means 500 enterprises that are mostly operating in the territory of Subotica – said Manzo.The Mayor of Subotica and the Italian Ambassador also talked about future cultural cooperation.

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