The FIPA representative Amir Kazic attended the presentation of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for South Eastern Europe, which was held by the President of the Chamber, Mr Martin Ascons on 16th July 2013th in Mostar, which was organized to discuss the possibilities of cooperation between BIH and the Swedish company through the Swedish Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Ascons informed participants on activities and members of the chamber (over 120 companies), and spoke about the business mentality of Swedish businessmen, the quality of Swedish product, high labour costs, and intent of a large number of companies to move production to countries with cheaper workforce.
The representative of FIPA Mr Kazic presented on this occasion the Agency's activities and investment potential of BIH, and stressed that BIH is an ideal destination for Swedish companies because of high quality and competitive workforce, natural resources and macroeconomic stability. He mentioned the success story of ZINTEKNIK dd Mostar, whose majority owner is from Sweden, which can help other Swedish companies to decide easier to invest in BIH.
Concrete BIH projects that may be of interest to the Swedish company will be submitted to Mr. Ascons.
The presentation was attended by representatives of GKM, a Ministry of Economy of Hercegovina Neretva Canton, directors of BIH companies LIGNUM (design and manufacture of furniture), NEOSOFT (IT), HERING (design and construction), SKUTOR, (manufacturing tools for cutting metal and wood), and representatives of Swedish companies DIRECTIT (IT Sweden), BJS-Sweden (wood processing) and others.