The EUR 41.3m worth business premises of the Ljubljana Technological Park are to open on Friday evening in what its general manager Iztok Lesjak says is a step towards creating the environment conducive to high-tech companies.
The advanced infrastructure is to boost commercialisation of innovation and in this way contribute to making the whole economy more competitive, Lesjak told the press ahead of today's opening.
Although the plans for erecting a park are more than 15 years old, the construction was launched 14 months ago. It now comprises seven buildings, while further expansion is planned to attract as many knowledge-based high-tech companies as possible.
According to Lesjak, the company running the park acquired EUR 8m from the European Structural Fund for the construction of buildings and the purchase of research equipment, while it invested the rest with its own funds and bank loans.
The Ljubljana municipality has contributed plots and thus acquired 70% in Tehnoloski park Ljubljana. It has also provided for the infrastructure and exempted companies operating in the park from paying the fee for the use of site during the incubation period.
According to building plans, the tech zone at Brdo on the SW outskirts of Ljubljana, is to comprise 23 buildings with a total area of 100,000 sq. metres.
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