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Kabelschlepp expands production site in Slovakia

Chamber of Commerce and Industry as well as from the Director General for Economy and Trade of the Slovakian Ministry of Economics. This was followed by the actual opening ceremony in Nové Zámky on the next day. Kabelschlepp Systemtechnik spol sro – Slovakia Website : www.kabelschlepp.de

With a grand opening, Kabelschlepp celebrated the reopening of its enlarged facility in Nové Zámky, Slovakia. The plant premises have been enlarged to about 19,000m 2 and in just eight months of construction the production facility including storage capacities has been extended by nearly 4,000m 2 . This investment significantly benefits the economic future of this location. Not least, the expansion secures more than 200 existing jobs and creates additional ones. “Slovakia is a reliable and stable partner within the EU,” said Michael Diebel, vice president conveyor and protection systems at Kabelschlepp. “We have been investing here to deliver competitive and reliable high-quality products and intelligent solutions to our customers.” Since 1976, Kabelschlepp products have been manufactured in Slovakia, and as of 1990 under its own subsidiary. Expanding the production capacity means that the company continues its strategy of consistently growing the Slovakian site, also within the Tsubaki Group.

Kabelschlepp Systemtechnik spol sro. “Combined with our state-of-the-art machinery we are able to meet our customers’ demands now even more appropriately.” The prelude of the festivities was a dinner in Bratislava, during which keynote speeches were heard from a board member of the German-Slovakian

Primarily protection systems for the global machine tool industry are manufactured at the location in Nové Zámky. “The plant expansion substantially increases our production capacity and strengthens our position within the European strategy,” said Dušan Strašík, managing director of ▲ ▲ Guests await the opening of the expanded plant in Slovakia conveyor and

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