AC SERBIA - AUTOMOTIVE CLUSTER SERBIA
Vukovar 13.09.2013
AC Serbia - Basic Facts
 AC Serbia is a network of Serbian companies and institutions that are
producing automotive parts and components.
 AC Serbia was founded in Nov. 2005 (15 members) with support of
Serbian Ministry of Economy and German Organization for Technical
Cooperation GTZ
 Actually 48 members (Septembar 2013)
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43 companies (10.000 employees, EUR 450 Mio. turnover 2011)
5 R&D Institutes
www.acserbia.org.rs
AC Serbia – support and partner institutions
 Serbian Ministry of Finance and Economy
 Serbia Investment & Export Promotion Agency - SIEPA
 National Agency for Regional Development - NARR
 GIZ - German Organization for International Cooperation
 UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization
 USAID
 Vojvodina Investment Promotion Fund – VIP
 Serbian Chamber of Commerce
 OECD
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AC Serbia – Main Goals
 Extending active connections between the Serbian
and European automotive industry
 Support in strengthening the competitiveness of our members
 Achieving a profitable position within the supply chain of
international car producers
 Effecting the enhancement of the economic situation within the
whole automotive supplier sector in Serbia
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AC Serbia – Business Development Support
AC Serbia office holds the function of a
CLUSTER SERVICE SYSTEM
ONE STOP SHOP!
All services/information/contacts available
MARKETING
EDUCATION
CONSULTING
INFORMATION
LOBBYING
EXPORT
PROMOTION
AT ONE PLACE!
Cluster members/clients achieve
SAVINGS OF TIME AND COSTS!
R&D
COOPERATION
Service User
QUALITY
Cluster Members
Other Car Part Producers in Serbia
Other Clients Linked with Automotive Industry
CERTIFICATION
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AC Serbia – Marketing & Export Promotion
 International trade fairs and conferences
 Delegation trips and B2B matchmaking events
 Market Research in cooperation with SIEPA
 Company Profiles/Database
Regional branding/Internationalization
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AC Serbia – Education & Consulting
 Lean Management
Seminars, workshops, trainings and shop-floor interventions
 Innovation
Development of new products and prototypes
Product design, CATIA
 Energy efficiency
Coaching and individual consulting in coop. with UNIDO NCPC
 Other BDS areas:
IT technology, Marketing/Promotion, Strategic planning
Business strategy development, Market research, CSR etc.
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AC Serbia – Research & Development
 Project Cooperation
Joint participation in development projects:
National calls, International and EU projects
 Applied Research and Development
Faculties and institutes upon request of single or united
companies
 Testing Infrastructure
Testing laboratories: easier access for AC Serbia members
 Student internships
in coop. with Faculty of Technical Sciences Novi Sad
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AC Serbia – Cooperation
 Regional Cluster initiative AUTOMOTIVE SEE
Partners from FYROM, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia
 UNIDO PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME:
Facilitating Int. Market Access for Manufacturing Suppliers in the Automotive
Component Industry in Serbia (Phase I: 2007-2009 and Phase 2: 2011-2012)
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AC Serbia – Cooperation
 Participation in AUTOCLUSTERS SEE project:
Innovative automotive network in SEE with partner institutions from Slovakia,
Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Austria, Czech Republic
 Sustained dialogue with FIAT and FIAT Tier 1 suppliers
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AC Serbia – Lobbying
 Cooperation with Governmental Institutions
Permanent network of institutional support and dialogue
platform created: Advisory council AC Serbia
 Representation of Members‘ Interests
At national level: Permanent dialogue with FIAT
At international level: Integration in international networks
 Development of Sector Related Strategies and
Policy papers
 Access to Capital
Cooperation with banks and financial institutions
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AC Serbia – Quality Management
 Certification
ISO Auditing
ISO Certification
 School of Quality
• Seminars
• Training internal auditors
ISO 9001, ISO TS 16949, ISO 14001, ISO 26000, BS OHSAS 18001
 Strategic partner: SGS
Memorandum of Cooperation signed in March 2012.
Fields of cooperation: Certification due to requirements of
international standards of automotive industry, organization of
education and trainings, strengthening of quality infrastructure
among AC Serbia member companies
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AC Serbia – Company benefits
AC Serbia office holds the function of a
ONE STOP SHOP!
All services/information/contacts available
AT ONE PLACE!
Cluster members/clients achieve
SAVINGS OF TIME AND COSTS!
www.acserbia.org.rs
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Contact:
AC Serbia
Španskih Boraca 22D/III
11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Tel. +381-62-400086
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.acserbia.org.rs
http://www.spx.acserbia.org.rs
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