Approximately 2,000 new jobs will be created at the Edinet Industrial Park. Unlike other such parks that started work based on existing industrial platforms, this is greenfield-type industrial park. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Octavian Calmac paid a working visit to this park, IPN reports.

A project to the value of 12.4 million lei is now implemented at the park with money from the National Regional Development Fund. It is entitled “Connecting the Edinet Industrial Park to access infrastructure and public utilities”.

According to the deputy mayor of Edinet town Rodelia Vasilcov, the works to build the infrastructure started in 2014 and go on. There was erected the administrative block and registered three resident companies – “T.B. Fruit” from Ukraine and two local companies. The Ukrainian company built an apple juice concentrate factory with own investments to the value of €25 million and signed contracts with a number of apple producers from the district and the region.

The decision to found the Edinet Industrial Park was approved by the Government at the end of 2013. Rodelia Vasilcov said that when the construction works are completed, 50 resident companies will be able to work there, especially SMEs, which the local authorities intend to support at the initial stage.

The park is being built on an area of 18 hectares. The costs are covered with money from the state budget. The company that administers the park was selected at a contest.

Since 2011, the Government has approved nine decisions to create nine industrial parks with state property, property of local authorities and based on public-private partnerships. The investments made in the parks in the period amounted to 723 million lei.