FREE ZONE PIROT

FREEZONEPIROT

Basic information aboutFree zone Pirot

Established in 1996

Land more than 103 ha

Export processing zone * main customer Tigar A.D. and Tigar Tyres (part MICHELIN group)

Experience in international transport organization

Turnover in 2013 around 542 M Evra

Benefits provided by the city of Pirot

Investors are exempted during construction in zone:

• fees for development of city building land

• fees and costs of local gowerment• fees for using city construction land• connections to the local water and

sewer infrastructure • urban conditions and approvals

Benefits provided by the city of Pirot

For the operation of facilities users are exempt from the 5 years:

•local utility taxes •fees for the city construction land •50% of the cost of municipal

communal services (e.g. waste collection).

Favorable businessclimate

Growth of turnover of Free Zone users2000 – 2013(Million Eur) 0

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Total area ofFree zone Pirot in 2013103 ha

H – Extension TIGAR TYRES – MICHELIN 2011

B – Extension TIGAR TYRES 2008

A - FZ PIROT 1996B – Extension TIGAR

FOOTWARE AND TECHNICAL RUBBER 2008

F – Extension TIGAR 3B 2010/11

G – Extension PRVI MAJ 2010/11

D – Extension IP 2010/11

E – Further extension

C – Extension TIGAR FOOTWARE 2008

The largest manufacturing investment in Serbia2013/2014

Description of investment project

 

•Total investment 215 M€•500 new jobs created •92 000 m2 in the first construction phase (+4 million tires) and •42 000 m2 in a second construction phase (+8 millon tires)

Projects realized in 2012-Installation of traffic lights at the cross road in Barje district in Pirot,-Arrangement of mini-polygon for training children on traffic rules

Projects during 2013:-equipping of primary and secondary schools with computer equipment, furniture and teaching aids,-funding of bilingual classes in Pirot Gymnasium-cooperation with the city hospital (training, education, equipment ...)

In the period 2014 - 2016, in collaboration with the Municipality of Pirot, will continue further work on similar projects:-signs, sidewalks and landscaping the area around the school, bicycle paths,-education of children in relation to traffic safety,-medical equipment

Contribution to Municipality Pirot

Current location is busy, it is necessary to prepare new land for Free zone

FREE ZYONE PIROT 103 ha

POSSIBILITY TO EXPAND UP TO 450

ha

The next development phase for additional 450 ha Corridor 10 – Highway

Corridor 10 – RailwayCorridor 10 – High speed railwayInternational road – Sofia – Niš

P1 = 212 ha

P2 = 117ha

P3 = 114ha

Project

LOGISTICCENTERPIROT

Logistic based on European model

LOGISTIC CENTER PIROTFuture project activities

Completion of construction design documents in 2014

Invitation to tender for construction of LCP at the beginning in 2015 LC Start of construction in 2015

Commissioning - the second half of 2016

First development phase

TIGAR TYRES

Second development phase -extension of the terminal

TIGAR TYRES

PROJECTAdriatic Danube Black see Multimodal platform

• Main goal: Improvement of transport in SEE area• Project team consisted of members of Municipality Pirot

and Free zone Pirot• Implementaion in progress (April 2012 – Sept 2014)• 43 partners from Europe• 13 countries • Total budget 5,5 M EUR• Partners: Administration of Regions, Universities,

Institutes, Maritime administrations, Chamber of Commerce, Railway Administrations, Ministries of Transport, Associations of transporters, Clusters, and other actors in transport.

2010FreezonePirot42. terminalin Evrope Ranked by: DGG - Deutsche GVZ-Gesellschaft mbH, 2010.

103 LT identifikovana 79 postojeća i 24 planirana terminala

Free Zone Pirot

Free zone Pirot 41. in the world Ranked by „FDI“ magazine, part of „Financial Times-a“ published in

magazine „GLOBAL FREE ZONES OF THE FUTURE 2012/2013 Winners“

Fourth time in a raw “Best of Serbia” 2009/2012 In category of SME

VIRTUS corporate philanthropy 2013

Certified Integrated Management Systems

Free zone “Pirot” the first holder of the IMS certificate

among Free zones in Serbia

Free zone Pirot, 18300 Pirot, 215, Nikole Pasica str.

Dr Dragan Kostić, CEO

Aleksandar Simonović, head of marketing department

e-mail: zona@tigar.com

www.freezonepirot.com