BELGRADE (Serbia), June 19 (SeeNews) – Serbian footwear maker Progetti has started the construction of a factory in the industrial zone of Knjazevac, in eastern Serbia, the Knajzevac city government has said.
The factory will have a workforce of 150 employees and its construction will be completed within a year, the mayor of Knjazevac, Milan Djokic, said in a post on the city government's Facebook page on Thursday.
"We already have 700 employees, and the plan in this plant is to get another 150 jobs. If the Serbian economy continues to grow, we will be able to hire even more. The help of Knjazevac and the state will be important in the implementation of everything we have planned," the co-owner of Progetti, Enrico Rossi, said.
Progetti, founded in 2001 by Enrico Rossi and his brother Romano, has three manufacturing sites in Serbia - in Sombor, Vladimirci and Vrsac, where it employs 500, 330 and 130, respectively.
The company produces 1.8 million shoe pairs annually. It outsources work to companies in Serbia, Bosnia and North Macedonia, providing them with the needed machinery.