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EРCУБOРNИOКMАY

Mirche Jovanovski

The author is journalist

FOREIGNERS
INTENSIFIED
THE MANUFACTURE
OF MACHINERY AND
EQUIPMENT

The „Johnson Matthey“ plant for production of
catalysts which are built into cars significantly
influenced the change in the structure of the
Macedonian production, but also of the imports
and exports.

One, but a valuable included in the rankings of the larg- course, for statistical purposes,
one. In a nutshell, est companies in Southeast Europe. only a representative sample of
this is how one could We are talking about „Johnson Mat- companies is followed, made up of
describe the impact they“, whose plant for production companies that have the greatest
of the companies of catalysts that are built into cars impact on the trends in this sec-
on the segment of machinery and significantly influenced the change tor of the manufacturing industry.
equipment production in Macedo- in the structure of the Macedonian Thus, beside „Johnson Matthey“ the
nia. In a country which has little production, but also of imports and sample includes also MZT „Pumps“,
tradition in this area and which exports. „Frigo Tehnika“ from Bogovinje,
is used to satisfying its needs for „Agrobar“ from Vinica, which pro-
machinery and equipment mainly According to available data, in duces agricultural machinery, MZT
by purchasing abroad, this is no Macedonia there are 148 companies „Equipment“ FOD - Bitola, which
surprise. This is even more so, due whose business includes manufac- produces parts for REK „Bitola“
to the fact that this company, one, ture of machinery and equipment and one product from the range of
but a valuable one, is also the larg- n.e.c. (not elsewhere classified), „Fakom“ Skopje - parts for forklifts.
est in the country and the only one as the activity is officially called
in the statistical classification. Of

According to the industrial production indices for September 2015, the manufacture
of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (not elsewhere classified), participated with
significant 6.12 percent in the structure of total production in the country
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