bne IntelliNews – Dewesoft will build a high-tech park in Trbovlje
Last week, the Slovenian multinational company Dewesoft announced plans to build a new high-tech park in Trbovlje, a former mining and industrial center.
The Mesto acrobatov technology park will be a place for shared services and the production of physical products. This will be a joint project between Dewesoft and the business accelerator Katapult.
On October 21, the head of Dewesoft, Jure Knez, and the mayor of Trbovel, Jasna Gabrič, signed a letter of intent to build a park named the City of Acrobats.
The 40,000 square meter building will create 300-500 quality jobs within five years of construction and up to 1,000 jobs within 10 years.
The consolidated annual turnover of companies in the city of acrobats is estimated at 60 million euros.
The Slovenian Minister for Economic Development and Technology, Matjaž Han, who was present at the event, also expressed his support for the project.
“The main purpose of the City of Acrobats is to revive the economic development of the entire Zasava region, which will have a tremendous impact on the economic development of the entire country,” Han said in a statement.
It was found that space constraints are already hindering the rapid growth of both Dewesoft and Katapult, and in a few years they will urgently need additional space capacities.
“The city of acrobats will provide this space, and the Lakonac area in Trbovlje is one of the few possible locations that meets all the criteria for building such a tech park,” they wrote in the message.
Dewesoft develops very innovative measuring instruments. It was founded in 2000 with headquarters in Trbovlje. Dewesoft has 17 branches located all over the world.
Katapult is a business accelerator that supports startup companies.