The Municipality of Kula

The municipality belongs to the Western Bačka District

Area - 481 km²

Population - 43 803 (w - 22015)

The Municipality of Kula:

Position and road infrastructure

It consists of six cadastral municipalities: Kula, Crvenka, Sivac, Ruski Krstur, Kruščić and Lipar

Distances:Novi Sad - 56 kmBeograd - 139 kmInternational highway E75 - 14 kmAirport “Nikola Tesla” - 129 km Croatian border - 38 kmHungarian border - 66 kmInternational main railway - 10 km(Budapest - Belgrade - Athens )Port Bogojevo ( Danube ) - 38 km

Road infrastructure - 139 km



Human resources:• Work force: 15,018• Educational structure: 7.8% college and university degree,

47.6% high school, 59.1% elementary and lower

• Education profiles: Faculties in the field of law and economy, high schools in the fields of agriculture, machining, economy

• Number of unemployed: 5,775, unemployment rate 40.4%

• Average gross salary: € 320 per month

The Municipality of Kula: Kula has long tradition in industrial production. Unfortunately, most of the

companies are now closed or in bankruptcy.

• Leather factory “Eterna” • Shoe factory “Aska”• Woolen cloth factory “Sloboda”• Factory for production of armatures (valves and faucets) “Istra” Kula• Factory for automobile plastic accessories “Tehnika Kula”

Basic information about the building site:

- Public property owned by the municipality

- The land at the location is not subject of restitution

- Currently in the process of infrastructural equipping

Industrial zone Kula

Industrial zone Kula

Recommended location

Additional motivation:• If the investor employs 100 workers or more, compensation for land

is not required.

• Relieve investors from municipality taxes for some utility charges and the charges for environmental protection and improvement over the next two years.

• Relieve from costs for connection to water supply and sewerage system.

Brownfield locations:

Purpose: sale The total area of the building (hall): 7860 м²Type of construction: rainforced-concrete structuresCurent status: excellentThe purpose of the facility: productionThe building have a building permit: noObjects have the permision of usage: no

Infrastructure:

Electrical power: 630kVA substation strengthWater: city water supply networkCompressed air: yesGas connector: yesHeating: Central heating, boiler room of their own Internet/phone: yesSewerage system: yesRoads: yes

Machine hall

Armature factory „Istra“ Kula

Purpose: sale The total area of the building (hall): 6660 м²Type of construction: rainforced-concrete structuresYear of Construction: 1960 and 1979Curent status: excellentThe purpose of the facility: productionThe building have a building permit: yesObjects have the permision of usage: yes

Infrastructure:Electrical power: 630kVA substation strength (2)Water: city water supply networkCompressed air: yesGas connector: yesHeating: Central heating, boiler room of their own Internet/phone: yesSewerage system: yesRoads: yes Thermal source: yes

Preparation and weaving

“Kulski štofovi” Kula

Local economy• Number of enterprises: 371 companies and 1,027 entrepreneurs

• Size: 98.7% small, 1.2% middle-sized and 0.1% large

• Dominant industries: Food-processing industry, trade, metal-processing industry, agriculture

• The most significant foreign investors: Phiwa-Lurdy Subotica (trade, Germany), Matteo obuća Kula (footwear production, Italy)


The most successful companies from the municipality of Kula

Sugar factory Crvenka

•Leading sugar factory among Serbian sugar factories

•Owned by the Greek company EBZ•Nominal capacity: 6500 t processing of sugar beet

and sugar production of 900 ton per day•Employs approximately 218 full time employees, as

well as hundreds of seasonal workers

Fabrika biskvita Jaffa - Crvenka• Jaffa biscuit factory was founded in the 1975. • After three years, received a license from the British company

United Biscuits, a recipe by McVitie's, and the production of the same name began biscuits

• For many years at the top by rating among industrial cakes (Jaffa biscuit and Munch mallow)

• in the last decade Jaffa significantly expanding its range• Jaffa operates in accordance with the requirements of ISO

9001:2008, ISO 22000: 2005 and HACCP• confectionary products for 2011. 7,452 t

Limited liability company -Terming - Kula

• founded in 1996. yearMain products:• hot water boilers for combustion of solid fuel and biomass• fireplaces for heating• plate and pipe solar collectors "Terming - SK"• chimneys, heat storage and accessories• stalls for livestock - pig• support construction of greenhouses• silos for drying agriculturally. products (small farms)

Sigma HLOROGEN – Crvenka/Kula•company was founded in 1989, the main activity is the production of

Hlorogen plant and automated dosing system, main products are:

•Sigma is also engaged in engineering and installation of automatic disinfection of drinking water

•Hlorogen plant is a system for electrolytic production of chlorine in the form of a solution of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) in place of its consumption, but in a completely safe way.

1. Companies for takeover or strategic partnership:• „Tehnika Kula“ in liquidation (production of plastic elements

for automobile industry, plastic toys, mirrors, sanitarian elements etc.) The company is ready to be taken over or start a strategic partnership.

2. Companies in bankruptcy: • Brickyard „Jedinstvo“ Crvenka• Woolen cloth factory “Sloboda”• Factory for production of armatures “Istra” Kula

Potential investment opportunities in Kula municipality

3. Brownfield locations:• Former factory of armature „Istra“ (halls: 6000m2 and 5000m2 )• Former furniture factory „Kramer“ (halls: 1158m2)• Former leather factory „Eterna“ (total area 17ha, halls: 2200m2)• Former manufactory of woolen fabrics „Kulski štofovi“: (halls:1440m2)


4. Public-Private-Partnership:• There is a possibility of establishing a PPP in a tourism

sector. There is an attractive location for construction of a spa-rehabilitation and sport centre on 20ha, which has thermal springs (without detailed research of water quality).


Agriculture • of the total land area, 91.44% is cultivable and

agricultural production is performed on 43,348 ha, • average farm size is 4.4 ha • around 1850 registered agricultural households• vegetable production on 1,500 ha


Agriculture

• The analysis in the agricultural sector have shown that as a potential opportunity for municipality is improvement of secondary - manufacturing sector.

• Processing of fruit and vegetables and exports to the EU and other countries can be profitable

• In this sector we looking for foreign investor who will gathered small producers and who will process their products and thus increase their value


Renewable energy sources

• The municipality of Kula have potential in: - Biomass

- Geothermal sources- Solar energy

Biomass

• Large quantities of crop residues are the raw material for the production of biogas, heat, etc.

Geothermal sources – Kula

• Kula municipality has great potential geothermal water that has not been significantly used

• Current thermal springs are mainly controlled thermal wells, wells depths of 500 to 1,200 meters and the water temperature from 30 ° C to 70 ° C

• Kula municipality has made a project for the development of tourism, which includes a swimming pool, spa recreation center and an artificial lake with sports facilities, in order to make the best use of thermo mineral water in this area.

• The municipality is willing to cede land to the investor under the public private partnership

Solar energy

• The municipality of Kula has several of vacant plots that are suitable for the installation of solar panels, because studies have shown that the number of sunny days adequate for the production of electricity from solar energy.

The Municipality of Kula

Lenjinova 11

25230 Kula

www.kula.rs

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The Municipality of Kula

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