Perutnina Ptuj Opens New Factory in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Sarajevo, 23 April

Perutnina Ptuj, Slovenia's largest poultry producer, officially opened a new factory in the town of Breza near Sarajevo on Wednesday. The new factory is one of the largest greenfield investments in Bosnia-Herzegovina and concludes the company's 20m investment cycle in the country.

Perutnina Ptuj's chairman Roman Glaser said that this was one of the best equipped factories of its kind in Europe.
He added that Bosnia-Herzegovina was a new country on the company's map where it has established a complete vertically organised system of poultry supply.
Bosnian Minister of Foreign Trade Slobodan Puhalac said at the occasion that the investment of Perutnina Ptuj was a unique gem on Bosnia-Herzegovina's path to European integrations.
Minister of Trade Desnica Radivojevic highlighted the importance of the fact that Perutnina Ptuj found Bosnia-Herzegovina a country where it was safe to invest, which would help the country's development and EU accession. He added that what was really important for the area was the creation of 200 new jobs.
This is one of the largest foreign investments in the country. Gaser told the press already on Tuesday that Perutnina Ptuj was aiming at becoming the leading poultry producer in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
He added that the factory would at first sell its products in Bosnia-Herzegovina and later export mostly to Balkan and some Middle East countries.
He noted that for the time being Bosnia-Herzegovina did not have certificates to export to the EU, however the factory fulfilled all European standards.
Perutnina Ptuj wants to increase its market share in Bosnia-Herzegovina from the current 10-15% to some 30%.

Perutnina Ptuj Opens New Factory in Bosnia-Herzegovina

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