Automation does not exclude employment

In the premises of Split County Chamber, the Investment Forum of Southern Croatia was held. Over the last four years the best entrepreneurs and production investments have been recognized and rewarded through this project. The selection itself of the best large, medium and small production investments, especially those resulting with new employments and export, was presented by Miodrag Šajatović, editor-in-chief of Lider and a member of the expert committee of the project.

Round table on the topic of creating positive investment environment was held as part of investment forum, attended by Marinko Došen, president of the Management Board of AD Plastik, Mira Krneta, Head of Dalmatia District Office of Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Svjetlan Stanić, president of the Management Board of Stanić Group and Anđelko Katavić, Head of the Administrative Department for Economy, EU Funds and agriculture of the Split-Dalmatia County.

“Tax burdens are certainly one of the areas that could be modified somehow. The burden on business is too big and we have an expensive state so our competitiveness is hampered. On the other hand, any serious investment that may result in export has been destimulated by the exchange rate policy and is therefore not attractive to foreign investors. This can and should be worked on. AD Plastik operates in a highly dynamic industry where it is impossible to operate without constant investments in the competencies and technological modernization of the plants. Despite investments in automation and robotization, along with two fully automated painting lines in Zagreb, we have employed 350 employees over the last four years. The wrong perception is that robotization and automation exclude new employments. On the contrary, new job positions have been opened with a different job description,” Došen pointed out.