The Franconian storage manufacturer BMZ Group is expanding its production capacities. The company has started the construction of a new production facility near the North Macedonian capital Skopje. BMZ is building a new plant with an area of 6,800 square metres in the Skopje 2 technological-industrial development zone. There is still enough space on the site to expand production at a later date.
Better positioned on the global market
The BMZ Group is investing a total of 65 million euros in the construction of the new factory. It is another important milestone in BMZ's global expansion plans, says Jelica Ivanovska, Managing Director of BMZ North Macedonia. The new factory also secures the company's competitiveness on the global market.
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Start of production in May 2025
From January 2025, BMZ will begin moving the current production lines from its current facility in the centre of Skopje to the new site. The new plant is scheduled to be fully operational in May 2025.
BMZ has been pursuing the expansion of production in the southern Balkan country since the beginning of September 2023, and now Jelica Ivanovska, together with the North Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski and the Director General of the Directorate for Technological-Industrial Development Zones Goce Dimovski, has broken ground for the new plant.
Previous plant to be closed
The previous plant in the centre of Skopje was intended from the outset as a temporary solution for training and product validation. It will be closed once the new building is completed in May 2025.
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According to the company, no job cuts are planned. Instead, up to 700 new jobs will be created in the long term in order to further expand BMZ's local and global business. (su/mfo)
