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While in Skopje, the group visited AmCham Patron member, Alkaloid, who’s CEO, Zivko Mukaetov, presented
the company’s international strategy and accompanied the
group on a tour of the company’s production and research
and development facilities in Skopje.
The group also visited AmCham Patron, Pivara Skopje.
The host, Sonja Todorova, Public Affairs and Communications Manager, presented the company’s history and
regional developments in addition to introducing the group
to Commercial Manager, Wietse Mutters. Finally, the group
was treated to a sampling of Pivara’s offering and a personal
tour by Beer Production Manager, Kiro Stojanov.
On September 17th, Igor Velkovski
from the Macedonian Agency for
Export Promotion hosted the directors for an interactive discussion on
investment trends and benefits of
investing in Macedonia.
Finally, our regional guests were
hosted by AmCham member, Johnson Matthey, one of the country’s
most impressive new FDI operations. Manufacturing Director, Barry
Kessler, was kind enough to spend
almost 2 hours with the group,
increasing everyone’s understanding
of their operations and impact on the
local economy.
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