MTS (Juraj Habovštiak), a manufacturer of automated production lines, acquired a small competitor, Banská Bystrica-based Stanko, in the summer. It plans to move its 40 workers to a new €4m plant in Banská Bystrica that will employ 80 upon completion next year. The plant will also include a technology center with ten engineers. MTS asked for €0.3m in investment stimulus for the center. Besides its key plant in Krivá, MTS already has another plant with 40 workers in Liptovský M

The Justice Ministry prepared legislation that makes it harder to collect unpaid debts via bailiff officers. Now, bailiffs must leave debtors with a subsistence minimum, about €218 a month, but the new legislation sets out that debtors may keep 70% of their income. Bailiffs may seize just 30% and warn about limiting creditors’ rights. The new legislation is the idea of Sme rodina, which argues it will substantially increase the debtors’ motivation to find jobs. (sme.sk)

Ministerstvo spravodlivosti pripravilo legislatívu, ktorá sťažuje vymáhanie dlhov cez exekútorov. Doteraz muselo dlžníkom ostať každý mesiac po zrážkach exekútorov aspoň životné minimum, zhruba 218 € mesačne, po novom to má byť oveľa viac, 70% mzdy. Exekútori tak budú môcť zobrať iba 30% príjmov a varujú, že to zásadné obmedzí práva veriteľov. Návrh iniciovala koaličná strana Sme rodina, podľa ktorej opatrenie zásadne zvýši motiváciu dlžníkov nájsť si prácu. (sme.sk)

Dodávateľ automatizovaných liniek pre priemysel MTS (Juraj Habovštiak) koncom leta kúpil menšieho konkurenta Stanko Banská Bystrica aj so 40 zamestnancami. Chce ich presunúť do nového závodu v Banskej Bystrici za 4 mil. €, ktorý po dokončení budúci rok zamestná 80 ľudí. V závode bude fungovať aj technologické centrum s 10 pracovníkmi, na ktoré MTS žiada 0,3 mil. € investičný stimul od vlády. Okrem závodu v Krivej už má MTS aj ďalší závod so 40 ľuďmi v Liptovskom Mikuláši. (de

Poprad-based Tatravagónka (Alexej Beljajev, Michal Lazar and Budamar), Europe’s largest maker of freight wagons, plans to top €500m in sales this year and its net profit should surpass €60m. Last year, it doubled net profit to €29.4m, and its sales rose 14% to €419m. It acquired Croatian wagon maker TŽV Gredelj last year and is buying the production plant of SES Tlmače with 150 workers. It benefits from rail freight transport in the EU being on the rise at the expense of less

Wüstenrot stavebná sporiteľňa, a small building savings bank, is terminating the sale of new building saving policies and the provision of loans. Instead, it is setting up Wüstenrot InHouseBroker that will sell loans and investment products. The new venture will cooperate with its sister insurer, Wüstenrot poisťovňa. The bank says building saving has been losing appeal since the state tightened conditions for its subsidy. Last year, Wüstenrot SS posted a 54% drop in net profi

Wüstenrot stavebná sporiteľňa končí s predajom nových zmlúv stavebného sporenia a poskytovaním medziúverov. Namiesto toho bude cez novú firmu Wüstenrot InHouseBroker predávať úvery a investičné produkty. Bude tak pomáhať Wüstenrot poisťovni. Dôvodom je, že stavebné sporenie stráca na atraktivite pre sprísňovanie podmienok štátnej dotácie klientov. Wüstenrot SS vlani zaznamenala 54% pokles čistého zisku na 0,7 mil. € a tržby jej klesli o 12% na 15,9 mil. €. Zvyšní dvaja hráči

Najväčší výrobca nákladných vagónov v Európe Tatravagónka (Alexej Beljajev, Michal Lazar a Budamar) tento rok plánuje v tržbách presiahnuť 500 mil. € a čistý zisk má presiahnuť 60 mil. €. Vlani zdvojnásobil čistý zisk na 29,4 mil. € a tržby mu narástli o 14% na 419 mil. €. Vlani kúpil chorvátsku vagónku TŽV Gredelj a v súčasnosti kupuje výrobný závod SES Tlmače aj so 150 zamestnancami. Profituje z toho, že preprava tovarov po železnici v EÚ stúpa na úkor menej ekologickej ces

Hungary has prepared the first feasibility study for a new rail track connecting Budapest, Bratislava, Prague and Warsaw allowing speeds of 250-320 km/h. In Slovakia, new tracks should be built between Bratislava and Kúty. It remains to be seen whether Slovakia joins the plan as the current government sees other priorities in building and renovating rail infrastructure. It may offer the existing track that is being upgraded to speeds of 200 km/h. This may mean that the high-s

Construction companies working on highways are demanding €40m extra from NDS, the national highway company, to cover the rising costs of construction materials. About 70 km highways for €1.5bn are currently under construction. NDS is reviewing the demands and warns that meeting them might violate the public procurement legislation. Unfinished projects and construction firms’ bankruptcies are a real threat. One example of rising prices is construction iron, which got 2-3-times