This year's FT 1000 ranking of Europe’s fastest‑growing companies for 2021–24 includes two Slovak firms: online barefoot‑shoe retailer Shapen  (Mia Štepanovská) and waste‑management company Sensoneo  (Basila family). Shapen reported €5.4m in sales last year and Sensoneo €15m. The ranking, compiled by the Financial Times, includes six companies from Czechia, eight from Hungary, two from Austria, and 26 from Poland. ( forbes.sk )

Automotive supplier Grupo Antolin  announced the closure of its Trnava plant, which once employed several hundred workers producing interior components for luxury vehicles but currently has just 50 employees. The Spanish group also operates plants in Bratislava, Nitra, and Žilina. Antolin Trnava's sales fell by two-thirds to €16.5m in 2024, and the plant has reported losses in all but one year since 2023. ( aktuality.sk )

V tohtoročnom rebríčku FT 1000 najrýchlejšie rastúcich firiem v Európe za roky 2021-24 sú dve slovenské firmy, online predajca barefoot obuvi Shapen  (Mia Štepanovská) a firma v oblasti odpadového hospodárstva Sensoneo  (manželia Basilovci). Shapen vlani vykázal tržby 5,4 mil. € a Sensoneo 15 mil. €. V rebríčku, ktorý zostavuje Financial Times, sa z Česka umiestnilo šesť firiem, z Maďarska osem, z Rakúska dve a z Poľska 26 firiem. ( forbes.sk )

Automobilový dodávateľ Grupo Antolin  oznámil, že zatvára závod v Trnave. Ten v minulosti zamestnával pri výrobe interiérových prvkov do luxusných áut niekoľko stoviek pracovníkov, ich aktuálny počet je 50. Španielska skupina má závody aj v Bratislave, Nitre a Žiline. V roku 2024 sa tržby trnavského Antolinu prepadli o dve tretiny na 16,5 mil. €. S výnimkou roku 2023 závod vykazoval straty. ( aktuality.sk )

Dutch automotive roof‑system manufacturer Inalfa Roof Systems  will open a product development center with 80 engineers in CTPark Trnava North in May. It is also offering jobs to employees from the Samsung plant in nearby Galanta, which is shutting down. The center is being established without state incentives or tax breaks. ( sita.sk )

The anti‑trust authority PMÚ fined 11 Slovak and Czech cable manufacturers €97m for price rigging between 2009–22. These include Prysmian Kablo (€20m), Elkond HHK (€2m), Vuki (€0.8m), Prysmian Kabely (€27m), Kablo Vrchlabí (€15.7m), NKT (€30m), Precon (€0.3m), Tele‑Fonika Kabely (€1.5m), and Kabelovna Kabex (€0.7m). The companies may appeal. Their copper and aluminum cables are used in sectors such as railway and security infrastructure, optical networks, telecoms, electrici

Protimonopolný úrad udelil pokutu 97 mil. € spolu 11 výrobcom káblov  zo Slovenska a Čiech, ktorí sa v rokoch 2009-22 dohadovali na jednotnej cenotvorbe. Ide o firmy Prysmian Kablo (pokuta 20 mil. €), Elkond HHK (2 mil. €), Vuki (0,8 mil. €), Prysmian Kabely (27 mil. €), Kablo Vrchlabí (15,7 mil. €), NKT (30 mil. €), Precon (0,3 mil. €), Tele-Fonika Kabely (1,5 mil. €) a Kabelovna Kabex (0,7 mil. €). Firmy sa môžu voči rozhodnutiu odvolať. Medené a hliníkové káble týchto firi

Holandský výrobca strešných systémov pre automobilový priemysel Inalfa Roof Systems  v máji t.r. otvorí vývojové centrum v CTPark Trnava North s 80 inžiniermi. Ponúka prácu aj zamestnancom z končiaceho závodu Samsung v neďalekej Galante. Centrum vzniká bez štátnych stimulov a daňových úľav. ( sita.sk )

The anti‑trust authority PMÚ is reviewing a deal in which French group Veolia  is acquiring the Slovak assets of another French group, Engie , specifically Engie Services, Račianska teplárenská, and Prvá ružinovská spoločnosť. ( antimon.gov.sk ) Engie is selling its Slovak business to focus on more promising markets. UniCredit Bank is advising on the sale.

The tax authority FS imposed €1.3m in back taxes on Allexis (now All Soft Corp) in 2024. The company was previously owned by Michal Suchoba and Jozef Brhel . The Specialized Criminal Court recently handed Jozef Brhel and his son short, suspended sentences and a €2.7m fine for overpriced FS IT systems. Police are still investigating suspicious financial transfers from Brhel to NBS Governor Peter Kažimír. Kažimír was finance minister at the time of the overpriced IT contracts,