March 5, 2008
April 2008 Gekatex SARAJEVO Converting and Distribution Centre open their doors !
Mr. Dario Balta , General Manager of the brand new Company announced in the local press the opening of a new converting plant under the name of Gekatex Sarajevo. With this new converting operation Gekatex France confirm their strategy to expand their operations in the Balkan and East Bloc countries and their committment to distribute locally their products in the region of Bosnia, Serbia – Herzegovina and Croatia with a focus on automotive OEM and car after markets.
Mr. Balta who has engineering background will run the plant who will start by manufacturing nonwoven wipers competing with rags and other non reliable wiper products. The finished goods will be offered for sale by Gekatex France in the area of France and Benelux to the industrial end users. Due to low cost labor in Sarajevo and strong sourcing capabilities Gekatex will offer a range of very competitive alternative to rags and other wipers who have become more expensive to source in Central Europe.
