Metal and Machinery Industry in Slovenia

Metal, machinery and equipment industry is the most typical as well as important manufacturing industry in Slovenia and represents the manufacturing and even the economy in general. This snapshot report will analyse the historic development of this EUR 1,65 billion industry and its challenges for the future. These include low value added, low R&D investments and lack of skilled workers. Top companies in the industry, including Impol, Trimo, Unior, Kovinoplastika, Lama, Arcont and others have developed a business model of cooperation similar to famous Mittelstand in Germany in Austria. How this influences their development and business results and why creative destruction has been both good and bad for this industry is comprehensively examined in the report.