Slovakia has a long tradition of manufacturing and international trade. The established manufacturing infrastructure enables foreign companies to source more products and services locally. Over 50% of foreign investment has been in industrial production.

Mechanical and Electrical Engineering 
Mechanical engineering accounts for almost a 20% of GDP and around a quarter of all exports. The range of manufactured products is wide, from assembly items and consumer goods to large investment activities such as assembly line/hall and plant construction. The automotive industry, production of machine tools and heavy machinery sub-sectors are also well developed.

The most important divisions of electrical engineering are in telecommunications, computers, automation, instrumentation and laboratory technology, consumer electronics, cables, insulators and conductors, installation tools, light sources, electric engines, transformers, single-purpose machines with their equipment along with designing and commercial activities.

Automotive industry

Slovakia is the world’s biggest per capita car producer. The continued expansion by Volkswagen, PSA (Peugeot-Citroën), Audi, Kia-Hyundai had a calalytic effect on the growth of the automotive components sector in Slovakia. Moreover, the automotive sector is facing such ‘hypercompetition’ that the manufacturing of automotive components has become a commodity operation driven by the need to achieve greater cost efficiencies

Fuel and Power Industries
The most significant activities in these sectors are coal mining, purchasing, transportation and distribution of natural gas, crude oil, and gas recovery (Nafta Gbely, Slovensky plynarensky priemysel). The power production sector provides electricity generation, distribution and sales of heat, construction and assembly works, manufacture of electric poles and armatures as well as power line fixtures. Nuclear power generates over half of electricity production and for heavy users of electricity tariffs can be the most competitive in the region.

Heavy Industry 
This sector represents one seventh of total industrial production in Slovakia. Over five million tons of crude steel are produced annually and processed mainly into plates, ingots, strips, and seamless and welded tubes.

Chemical Industry
With its long-established and rich tradition, chemical production represents another cornerstone of Slovak industry, with the majority of plants located in Bratislava. The chemical industry represents about 20% of total industrial output in Slovakia.

Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industries
Around 5% of total industrial output is represented by the production of textiles, clothing, leather and footwear. Knitting production has quickly adapted to enable it to embrace fashion trends. Structural changes in clothing production are concentrated on branded clothing and underwear with the use of new materials.

Footwear production is focused on the luxury women’s and men’s branded footwear and branded sports footwear.

Construction 

The production of building material represents around 5% of total industrial output.

 

Main industries: metal and metal products; food and beverages; electricity, gas, coke, oil, nuclear fuel; chemicals, synthetic fibers; machinery; paper and printing; earthenware and ceramics; transport vehicles; textiles; electrical and optical apparatus; rubber products

 

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More info

Car industry

Automotive Industry Association of the Slovakia
Presentation of the organization, the members ; statistics and studies and reports on the automobile sector in Slovakia.
http://www.zapsr.sk

Chemistry

Slovak Association of Research Based on pharmaceutical companies
Presentation of the organization, the environment issue in Slovakia and the orientations of the pharmaceutical companies in Slovakia.
http://www.safs.sk

State Institute for Drug Control
Presentation of the organization and the legislation relating to the drugs in Slovakia.
http://www.sukl.sk

Telecom

Telecommunications Office of the Slovakia
Presentation of the Ministry, current events and data of the IT and telecom sector of Slovakia.
http://www.teleoff.gov.sk