From today, the list of joint projects of Lutsk entrepreneurs with foreign investors has been supplemented by another example. A new technological line of the joint Ukrainian-Slovak enterprise "Lihum" has been launched on the premises of VAT "Lutskplastmas". It is a branch of the company Ligum, well-known throughout Europe. This company has been operating on the market for 12 years and during this time has created subsidiary companies in the city of Poprad (Slovakia) and the city of Hlohov (Poland), as well as additional production workshops in the city of Jablonec nad Nisou (Czech Republic). The Lutsk plant is another step in expanding the geography of production. The company Ligum is not only purely an investor, but also itself attracts investments and know-how from the company WESTLAND Gummiwerke, which likewise specializes in printing technology and the production of rubber compounds. In Lutsk, the new technological line will produce rubber rollers, which are used in practically all branches of industry. That is, the market of potential consumers of the products is significant, but competitors are also not asleep. Although, according to the executive director of the joint venture "Lihum" Nataliia Maksymchuk, the Slovak quality of the products has already been appreciated and is highly rated. It is anticipated that the Lutsk enterprise will supply the markets of Ukraine and Belarus.
At the official opening of the new enterprise with foreign investments, Lutsk city mayor Anton Kryvytskyi noted that local entrepreneurs have already been fruitfully cooperating with Slovak colleagues for 10 years, and he wished the team of the joint venture "Lihum" new successes and new achievements. For the city, cooperation with foreign companies is important not only as evidence of a favorable investment climate, but is at the same time a source of new jobs, industrial development, and so on.
The fact that the opening of the new enterprise is an extraordinary event not only for the city but also for the investors themselves is evidenced by the presence at the celebrations of the director of Ligum, the director of the company WESTLAND Georg Zur Nedden, and representatives from all subsidiary companies of Ligum.
The director of VAT "Lutskplastmas" Viktor Matkov confirmed the benefit of cooperation with foreign investors, emphasizing that the positive aspect is not only the renewal of production capacities but also the expansion of the sales market. That is, with the assistance of foreign investors, the export potential of the enterprise grows, and consequently, so does that of the city.