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CENTRAL EU overview
- EU & CEE
- Heart of the Europe
- Potential market
GREAT INVESTMENT, DIVERSITY and ENJOYABLE LIFE.
- Perspective investment in Slovakia
- Cultural diversity and enjoyebale life
CENTRAL EU overview
[ EU & CEE (Central & Eastern Europe) ]
In 2004 the EU has enlarged by 7 new countries. Five of them are considered as the Central European EU countries: Slovakia, Czech, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia.
In order to successfully fulfill general requirements of the EU accession proceedings, all of the countries went through drastic political and economical changes. Those changes were in recent decade the triggering factors for a high competitive business environment growth we record nowadays in this region.
CEE is significant for GDP per capita and wages four to six times lower than in Western Europe, tariff free trade with the old European Union, well educated people, intellectual property safeguards based on European standards, steady investment in infrastructure , also fast rising exports from the region.
Successful sourcing strategies in CEE require different processes to those which work in Asia.
[ Heart of the Europe ]
In order to strengthen the position in "One Europe", Czech, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary agreed in 1991 on political formation called Visegrad Group, in synonyms: Visegrad Four, European Quarted.
Considering the geographical position of Visegrad Group and Austria region, its infrastructure and demographical attributes, we can localize here, in Bratislava (Slovakian capital), the Heart of the Europe - strategic intersection of the D2 and D4 highways that connect 3 closest capitals in the world: Vienna(40km), Bratislava-Center(10km), Budapest(200km) & also Prague(300km).
[ Potential market ]
Within 220 kilometers from Bratislava, there is a region with 29 million inhabitants, 4 international airports with 40 million passengers yearly, not to mention the tourists passing by on the roads and railways. In this region there are 4 capitals with the highest buyer strength in the region and unsaturated market.
Great Investment, diversity and enjoyable life
[ Perspective investment in Slovakia ]
Slovakia with its substantially lower input costs, compared to those in the other new EU member states, provides enormous sourcing opportunities for the fast movers. Taking the whole operation of a profitable business to the East may be a risky venture, but opening cooperation with eastern firms for non-core or even semi-essential activities is undeniably a low-risk opportunity with enormous potential for long-term cost savings and sustainable competitive advantage.
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Why to Invest in Slovakia Investment Incentives
[ Cultural diversity and enjoyebale life ]
It wouldn`t take 15 minutes from your residence on Slovakia-Austria-Hungarian border to arrive at your office in Bratislava (SK), meet your coleges in Vienna (A, 40min), relax on Hungarian golf course in the afternoon (20min) , spend your weekend at a SPA hotel in Budapest (H, 2 hours) or have a romantic trip to Praha (CZ, 3,5 hours). This could be an option of your enjoyable life in the Heart of the Europe.
Deciding to invest in Central EU and set up your office in either Bratislava or Vienna, two nearest capitals in the world, brings you a great advantage of experiencing the beauty of the cultural diversity, made up of four nations living tightly together speaking three different languages.