INVESTORS IN MSK

The MoravianSilesian Region

as an Attractive

Destination

for the Benelux

Countries

The Moravian-Silesian Region is very

attractive to investors thanks to its location,

skilful, qualified and creative people,

significant scale of brownfields and available

real estate. We respect and appreciate

everyone who comes to run their business

here, beginning entrepreneurs included.

We intend to develop this potential through

MSID and MSIC, regional agencies who

assist in making the local investment

environment even more attractive and the

innovation ecosystem stronger.

Belgian company, Vyncke, produces

technologies turning biomass into clean

energy in the largest foreign daughter of

the global enterprise. The Dutch company

Huisman produces hi-tech machinery with

a significant aged value.

Our ‘portfolio’ is attractive enough even

for businesses from Benelux. This region is

greatly represented in the Moravian-Silesian

Region by companies headquartered in

the Netherlands. Investors from Belgium

and Luxembourg operate in various

fields here too. Let me emphasize that

these are often leaders in their business.

For example, Bekaert, the number one

technological leader in the transformation

of steel wires and fibres in the world, has

worked in our region since 1998; another

As for logistics, a cornerstone in the

development of this field has been laid

in the form of the Memorandum of

Understanding, which is aimed at the

creation and development of a new

container hub in the strategic industrial

zone Mošnov and which was signed in

September 2019 by representatives of

the Moravian-Silesian Region, the City

of Ostrava, Správa železniční a dopravní

cesty (SŽDC, Infrastructure Administration

Company), Concens Investment, and the

The Moravian-Silesian Region has great

potential in logistics. This is where other

companies from Benelux operate too, such

as the Dutch company Raben Logistic, who

provides complex transportation services.

Port of Antwerp. The new Multimodal

Transport Terminal will, among other

things, connect the Moravian-Silesian

Region with Antwerp, one of the largest

ports in Europe. A significant deal of freight

is also expected to move from road to

railway. The development of trade with the

Port of Antwerp and finishing the logistics

cargo terminal in Mošnov will undoubtedly

ignite serious economic impulses and

new investments not only to the regional

capital but all the region. Reinforcement

and intensification of freight transport

in the industrial zone may considerably

contribute to the development of the Leoš

Janáček Airport, Ostrava. Local businesses

will benefit from it, and the region will

enjoy an improved environment and

reduced emissions resulting from road

freight traffic.

Jaroslav Kania, Deputy Governor

of Moravian-Silesian Region for Finance,

Property and Investment

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