Systematic work of Industry Development and Ecology Department is continued by finding partners and investors, who are interested in establishing of commercial ties with the business of Melitopol city. Thanks to the contact with the Slovenian Automotive Cluster, which was established, the representatives of the Executive Committee and namely the Chief of Industrial Development and Ecology Department Executive Committee Melitopol City Council Aleksey Zwarych were invited to visit the International Automotive Conference and Business Forum Opportunities for the international cooperation in the automobile industry in the focus of innovation. The event was organized within the AutoNet automobile industry transnational network, in wich Innovation and Technology Cluster AgroBum was involved.
The forum program was relevant for Machine builders manufacturers of components for mobile equipment. The list of participants and spokespersons was consisted of diplomats, chiefs of industry associations-clusters and representatives of European companies from Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, etc.
The list of speakers and participants of the roundtable:
Victor Berkey - economic ambassador, Embassy of Hungary
Yury Tretiak - economic ambassador, Embassy of Slovenia
Claudia Vltskova - Financial Manager Automotive Cluster Western Slovakia
Anatoly Horishman - Chief of new industrial projects "Ukravto"
Michael Nagorkin - Manager of the Transcarpathian Agency for Investment, Innovation and Development
Thomas Kovacs - Project Manager, AvtoNet
Thomas Richter - Vice President of economic development corporation of Saxony
Tatiana Naumenko - authorized by the Ukraine economic development corporation of Saxony
Roman Biro - Director of the Automotive Cluster Western Slovakia
Soul Bushen - Director of Automotive Cluster of Slovenia
Laszlo Vadadi - the company Balifa, Hungary
Marek Brani - the company Rossignol Electroplating, Slovakia
The main note of the event was a novelty in Ukraine - interested representatives of the automotive business from Ukraine, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Poland and other post-Soviet countries, discussed expansion of cooperation. Diplomatic representatives of Slovenia and Hungary reported the increase of commodity turnover between Ukraine and their countries, proposed the partnership with them and active representatives of the cluster model of business development are working in their homeland. Slovenian cluster implements the pilot project of development automotive cluster with Russian partners in Samara. In Hungary, three factory OEM manufacturers - Audi, Suzuki and Mercedes have built and launched over the past 5 years. Interest in the work with Ukrainian manufacturers of components for mobile equipment (OEM manufacturers) was demonstrated quite obviously. Ukraine is considering as the ultimate market for automotive products, and it grows, what increases interest from Europe.
