NL Chamber Magazine Summer 2016

Dutch-Macedonian
Chamber of Commerce
c/o Netherlands Embassy
Aminta III 69-71
1000 Skopje
Republic of Macedonia
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NL Chamber was established
in January 2012 as official
Dutch-Macedonian Chamber of
Commerce by 50 Macedonian
companies, according to the
Macedonian Law on Chambers of
Commerce.
About half of these companies is
partly or fully Dutch owned.
Objective of NL Chamber is to
promote and support successful
business relations between Dutch
and Macedonian companies.
magazine
SUMMER 2016 8
photo:Bato&Divajn
events
New president and board members
Outsourcing conference Bitola
Back to Business Breakfast on Thursday 1 September
Study visit Dutch Fashion Business School
Member teams ran at Skopje Marathon
Eurostars Event 2016 Amsterdam Arena
Courses smart reading / smart writing for business
Female entrepreneurs visit the Netherlands
network
New deputy head of mission at Netherlands Embassy
Heineken sends new Commercial Director to Pivara Skopje
members
New members Kivo, Symphony Solutions and EMT
Searching for ways to turn textile waste into new products
Bato & Divajn launches KarmaPix.com
New building by RADiUs architects opened
Linea at Fashion Weekend Skopje
Dutch Event Hall by Steel Con
Natuurgevelsteen for Dutch fashion outlet Bataviastad
Feydom started House of Thousand Designers
Marriott Hotel Skopje opened
New beer: Skopsko Smooth
Holmak also assembling switchboards
New production facility for Hunter Douglas
short
Short News / Calendar of Trade Fairs
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magazine no. 8 / Summer 2016
events
New president and board members
The General Assembly of NL Chamber elected a new president and new board members.
The fifth General Assembly
of NL Chamber took place
on 26 April at the Nether-
lands Embassy. Since Wietse
Mutters left to continue his
career for Heineken in Haiti,
the members elected Wim
Westen as new president of NL
Chamber. Wim is running the
garment production company
Vima Fashion in Kocani.
Since the second mandate of
both board members Marcel
Melles and Marta Naumovska
Grnarova passed, also two
new board members were
elected. Alfred Schönbeck and
Dirk Vlierboom were elected
to join Wim and form a strong
and active new board. Alfred
is production development
manager for workwear pro-
ducer Royal Van Puijenbroek
Textiel in Macedonia and since
photos:NLChamber,AlfredSchönbeck,MIA
recently also Albania and Ko-
sovo. Dirk is general manager
for Marriott International at
the recently opened Marriott
Hotel in Skopje.
All NL Chamber members were
invited to the official King’s Day
celebration of the Embassy
that took place the same eve
ning at the Museum of Con-
temporary Art in Skopje.
Wim Westen Dirk Vlierboom
Alfred Schönbeck
events
Outsourcing conference Bitola
InterWorks partnered with AIIT in a conference on IT and Business Process Outsourcing.
NL Chamber member Inter-
Works, the system integration
specialist from Bitola orga
nized a conference on Mace-
donia as outsourcing destina-
tion for software development
and business processes in the
scope of the International
Conference on Applied Inter-
net and Information Technol-
ogies.
shortage of 900,000
IT professionals by 2020
UK Key-note speaker Richard
Avery pointed out that the EU
is facing a shortage of over
900,000 IT professionals by
2020 (source: www.cbi.eu).
According to Avery Macedo-
nia is IBM’s largest country in
terms of job creation: 750 new
jobs. Key-note speaker Carola
Copland (Germany) explained
that German companies still
see outsourcing as a disrup-
tion of a smoothly operating
company.
See also: TV news item

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photos:Bato&Divajn,MarriottHotelSkopje,NLChamber
events
Back to Business Breakfast on Thursday 1 September
The annual breakfast meeting takes place at Marriott Hotel in Skopje.
Since the curriculum of TMO
Fashion Business School from
the Netherlands includes a
sourcing study visit, several
groups of students have been
introduced to the Macedonian
textile industry, including MGI.
Dejan Pavic, general manager
of NL Chamber member EMT,
a Dutch fashion production
agent from Stip, is traditionally
in charge of the programme.
events
Study visit Dutch Fashion Business School
38 students of Fashion Business School TMO visited various companies in Macedonia on
their traditional sourcing study visit.
Every year in September the
members of NL Chamber
gather for a pleasant networ
king meeting with typical
Dutch breakfast items to mark
the end of the holidays and the
start of another prosperous
business season.
Chef with a Dutch touch
Whereas the lovely space on
the hill behind Bato & Divajn
of the past two years has be-
come a little too small, it was
time to move to another even-
ly lovely location. With a Dutch
all pictures of this event: nl.mk/B2B-Breakfast
more pictures of this event: nl.mk/2016TMO
Executive Lounge, Marriott Hotel
general manager and a Chef
with five years experience in
the Netherlands, we expect
again a wonderful gathering
with Marriott Hotel at Macedo-
nia Square as the new venue.
The open-air terrace is located
at the Executive Lounge.

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photos:MGI,Gerliko,Vitalia
events
Member teams ran at Skopje Marathon
Various members participated with complete member teams in this year’s Skopje Mara-
thon. MGI was present with no less than 39 runners.
Ten NL Chamber members
had runners participating in
the Skopje Marathon 2016.
Several corporations had large
teams, but MGI reached a re-
markable participation of 28%
of the entire staff.
Ajanovski at MGI
With an initial introduction at
the weekly working meeting,
MGI’s general manager Marcel
Melles received instantly 10
applications for a joint partici-
pation in the 5 km edition of
the Skopje Marathon. The list
grew rapidly to over 30 partici-
pants, after which Melles asked
his friend Kokan Ajanovski to
provide a short presentation
about running and the mara-
thon. With over 40 registered
participants, a second presen-
Marcel Melles, MGI
tation - again during working
hours - focussed on a healthy
lifestyle.
Ajanovski is a professio
nal runner with his own run-
ning school, Nike+ Run Club.
Ajanovski finished 10th at the
half marathon in 1:20:32.
Part of the team of MGI
especially flown in
Richard Lieverst, his bro
ther Eddy and two colleagues
travelled especially from the
Netherlands to Macedonia to
participate in the Relay Mara-
thon as Gerliko team. Gerliko
Part of the team of MGI
Eddy Lieverst, Gerliko / Steel Con
is owner of Steel Con in Mlado
Nagoricane. The team reached
the 13th place.
13th place for male team
Interworks
There was one participant for
Tricode, three for Stobi Wine
ry and Vitalia was traditionally
present with a large promo-
tional team for its sports bar
products. Vitalia had seven
runners at the 5 km. Their fe-
male team finished at place
51.
The seven men of Symphony
Solutions got the 62nd place,
with director Dejan Ivanoski
The entire promotional team of Vitalia, including runners.

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photos:Interworks,FrontwiseGroup,MartaNaumovskaGrnarova,Halkbank
results
5 km rank chip time*
Frontwise Group (4F+2M)
Olgica Naumovska, director 605 39:21
Halkbank (11F) 16 2:07:35
Halkbank (25M) 2 1:27:36
Necdet Palakci, CEO 320 23:47
Interworks (4F) 30 2:16:03
Interworks (12M) 13 1:45:34
MGI (34F) 12 2:04:30
Symphony Solutions (7M) 62 2:13:35
Dejan Ivanoski, director 1355 34:24
Vitalia (6F) 51 2:34:13
Zavar (2F)
Marta Naumovska Grnarova, dir 1117 46:35
Other participants: MGI (4M), Stobi (2F+1M), Symphony Solutions
(1F), Tricode (1M), Vitalia (1M).
In total from Belgium: 1F
In total from the Netherlands: 5F+2M
Relay Marathon rank chip time*
Gerliko 13 4:08:15
In total from the Netherlands: 1 team of 4M
Half Marathon rank chip time*
MGI (1M)
Marcel Melles, general manager 244 1:52:01
In total from Belgium: 1F
In total from the Netherlands: 1F+2M
* Team chip times are the sum of the chip times of the four fastest
team members. Relay chip time is the sum of the chip times of all
four participants in the team.
finishing in 34:24.
The female team of Interworks
finished 30th, whereas its male
team reached place no. 13.
Halkbank 2nd
Halkbank participated with two
successful teams. The 16th
place was for the 11 ladies.
CEO Necdet Palakci finished
third of the 25-member male
team which brought them to
the second place.
Both teams of Interworks
Marta and daughter
Frontwise Group director Ol-
gica Naumovska brought five
colleagues and general mana
ger Marta Naumovska Grna
rova of Zavar ran the 5 km
together with her ten-year-old
daughter Dora.
Frontwise Group
Marta and daughter Dora
Halkbank CEO Necdet Palakci (no.6013) surrounded by his running teams.

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photo:PaulvanderVelde
events
Courses smart reading / smart writing for business
Save time by high-speed reading reports with better understanding and typing your
own reports using all fingers without watching them.
Reading and writing reports,
emails or any other type of in-
formation are two of the most
time-consuming things for
professionals. Our brain can
do much better. In order to use
all of our brain’s capacities, we
just have to change the way of
reading and writing.
discount for members
NL Chamber received an intro-
ductionary offer with additio
nal discounts for members to
organize both courses in Mace
donia with a Dutch training in-
stitute. With sufficient initial
interest, these courses (2 days
plus 1 day follow-up for read-
ing and half a day with on-line
follow-up for writing) are likely
to take place in November.
events
Eurostars Event 2016 Amsterdam Arena
The free B2B event Eurostars focusses on match-making for product, process and service
development in ICT, life sciences, industrial manufacturing, energy and food technology
The Netherlands Enterprise
Agency is organizing a large
match-making event for com-
panies with innovative ideas,
looking for partners to deve
lop both product and market.
The Eurostars event is organi
zed in the scope of the EU
Eurostars/Eureka programme
and takes place on 12 October
2016 at Amsterdam Arena.
Registration is free of charge
and opened until 07.10.2016,
but early registration increases
your changes on meetings.
www.b2match.eu/eurostarsevent2016
trainer Paul van der Velde
click to read earlier editions!
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nl.mk/SmartTyping

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The Dutch government funded a business visit for female entrepreneurs from Albania,
Kosovo and the Netherlands. NL Chamber supported the organizers.
events
Female entrepreneurs visit the Netherlands
The Netherlands Enterprise
Agency funded a training pro-
ject for a group of twenty fe-
male entrepreneurs from Al-
bania, Kosovo and Macedonia.
The project focussed on inter-
nationalization of their compa-
nies through various skills like
business planning, product de-
velopment and marketing. The
project also included a busi-
ness visit to the Netherlands
with plenary sessions, events
and individual match-making.
NEC and NL Chamber
The Dutch contractor in charge
of the business visit, NEC, in-
vited NL Chamber to join the
organizing team during the
visit. One of the days was
dedicated to 3D-printing for
the company Le Arch 3D Nsh
from Pristina, Kosovo, offering
3D modelling for architects.
photos:NLChamber,3dChef
Delegation for plenary sessions at Netherlands Entreprise Agency, The Hague
Production floor at Oceanz
3D-printed food items
The company Oceanz in Ede
is a business-to-business 3D
printing service provider, spe-
cialized in small items: items
for industrial applications, but
also relational gifts, gadgets
and even eatable items.
Another visit took place at 3D
HUBS in Amsterdam, a platform
to link individual designers to
3D-printing service providers.
printing buildings
The last visit of the day was all
about the “Reseach & Doing”
activities of DUS Architects in
Amsterdam. They took the ini-
tiative to experiment with 3D-
printing of buildings. One of the
results is the Europe Building,
a pavilion for which all facades
and incorporated seating areas
were 3D-printed (video).
Seating area: 3D-printed structures,
filled with concrete
Trial for stairs
Close-up Europe Building facade
Europe Building facade
Large 3D printer at work

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Emina Shkrijelj
regional economy & trade officer
t: +389 2 3109250 x222
e: emina.shkrijelj@minbuza.nl

linkedin.com/in/emina...
Peter Verheyen is moving to Pristina. In Skopje he will be succeeded by Andri van Mens.
network
New deputy head of mission at Netherlands Embassy
The 4-year mandate of Peter
Verheyen (61) as deputy
head of mission in Skopje has
finished. Fortunately, the pas-
sionate supporter of NL Cham-
ber and Dutch entrepreneurs
will remain nearby: for the
next two years Verheyen will
fulfil the same role at the Em-
bassy in Pristina, Kosovo.
Sofia
His successor in Skopje is Andri
van Mens (39) who spent the
last four years in The Hague,
dealing with infrastructure de-
velopment funds and public-
private partnerships. He has
been working for the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs since 2004,
including four years at the Em-
bassy in Sofia, followed by one
year in Moscow.
Montréal
As a teenager Van Mens spent
most of the time in Montréal,
Canada, where his fami
ly moved in 1990. Andri van
Mens is married and has two
daughters.
Andri van Mens
deputy head of mission Skopje
e: andri-van.mens@minbuza.nl

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Peter Verheyen
deputy head of mission Pristina
e: peter.verheyen@minbuza.nl

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Roderik Rosenbaum will start in Skopje early September.
network
Heineken sends new Commercial Director to Pivara Skopje
A few months after the depar-
ture of Wietse Mutters to Haiti,
Heineken appointed Roderik
Rosenbaum (39) as Commer-
cial Director at Pivara Skopje.
The past few years Rosen-
baum worked for Heineken’s
softdrink company Vrumona.
As national account manager
he was responsible for the to-
tal sales of Vrumona products
to the the largest Dutch super-
market chain Albert Heijn, part
Roderik Rosenbaum
commercial director

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of the Dutch retail multinatio
nal Royal Ahold NV.
Roderik is married and has
three sons of 8, 5 and 3 years
old. He practices running, rug-
by and wintersports.
With the departure of Jane
Kjuka, the Embassy also has a
new staff member for econo
mic affairs, Emina Shkrijelj.

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Sponsors of NL Chamber
www.boekestijntransport.com
www.pivaraskopje.com.mk
www.nlembassy.org.mk

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members
New members Kivo, Symphony Solutions and EMT
As our first Kosovar member,
Kivo LLC from Kacanik joined
NL Chamber’s network with the
ambition to expand into Mace
donia. Kivo is a subsidiary of
Kivo Plastic Verpakkingen BV
from Volendam, Netherlands.
The company in Kacanik star
ted in April last year and ope
rates 24/7 with 65 employees.
market leader bread bags
In the Netherlands Kivo is a
large supplier of a wide varie
ty of polyethylene packaging
materials and holds for exam
ple 80% of the market for
printed plastic bags for bread.
The Dutch supermarket chains
The second initial product is
extra strong (waste) bags for
Dutch postal service and pri-
vate labels, produced entirely
in Kosovo.
shrink foil
Kivo had successful trials for
printed shrink foil for six-packs
CocaCola cans with Pivara
Skopje and is now looking for
other large potential clients for
shrinkfoil in food industry but
also in agriculture: shrinkfoil
packaging seriously extends
the shelf life of cucumbers for
example.
Kivo LLC
e: maliq@kivollc.eu
w: www.kivollc.eu
e: info@kivo.nl
w: www.kivo.nl
linkedin.com/../kivo...
nl.mk/kivo-kosovo (pictures)
youtube.com/channel/...
Since the previous edition of this magazine three new members joined NL Chamber.
are the main retailers for a
large assortment of bread of
which most is sold pre-cut into
slices. These bags are printed
in Kacanik.
photos:FocusNL,SymphonySolutions
Shortly after starting opera-
tions in Macedonia, Symphony
Solutions DOOEL joined NL
Chamber. The company is an
allround provider of business
software solutions with its
headquarters in Amsterdam
and a salesoffice near Antwerp.
splendid company culture
Skopje is the third “Delivery
Centre” for Symphony Solu-
tions, after Lviv, Ukraine and
170 km westwards in Rzeszow,
Poland. At both locations Sym-
phony Solutions has shown to
Symphony Solutions DOOEL
e: info@symphony-solutions.eu
w: www.symphony-solutions.eu
linkedin.com/../symphony...
fb.com/symphony.solutions
twitter.com/symphony...
youtube.com/channel...
maintain a splendid company
culture with a relaxing office
interior including bar and in-
door garden, free language
courses, games and other so-
cial and cultural events and a
zero-tolerance policy towards
corruption.
The third new member is the
Dutch garment production
agent EMT. More about EMT in
the article “Searching for ways
to turn textile waste into new
products” on the next page.

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EMT plans to start production of felt articles from recycled fibres in co-operation with
Dutch foundation I-Did, while Nido Global Textile is also looking for recycling options.
members
Searching for ways to turn textile waste into new products
that develops ways to reuse
textile waste.
fiberization
I-did started redesigning over-
stock garments into acces-
sories for the same brands:
Sissy Boy, Garcia Jeans and
Wehkamp. In a later stage,
i-did started developing pro
ducts made out of felt for vari-
ous clients. These large com-
panies had their used uniforms
and other workwear destroyed
and fiberized, after which felt
was produced - still resembling
the corporate identity through
the colours of the fibres. I-did
Bag made of felt from recycled fibres.
photos:i-did
EMT DOO
e: info@emt.com.mk
w: www.emt.com.mk
fb.com/emtdoo
linkedin.com/../emt-doo
i-did slow fashion BV
e: info@i-did.nl
w: www.i-did.nl
fb.com/ididslowfashion
linkedin.com/../idid...
twitter.com/ididslowfashion
One of the new NL Chamber
members, garment production
agent EMT from Stip, is about
to start production of bags of
recycled textile. The idea came
from contacts with the Dutch
company i-did, an organization
in textile industry (“passieve
veredeling” in Dutch or “лон”
in Macedonian), EMT faces the
extensive procedures concer
ning the customs treatment
of cutting waste from tempo-
rarily imported fabrics. Having
also in mind that the cutting
waste ends up at Macedonian
landfills, EMT aims to reuse the
cutting waste of its own ope
ration and other companies in
the future.
Customs Authority
Since the producer of table-
cloths for party tables Nido
Global Textile in Skopje (sub-
sidiary of Dutch Dena Textile
Productions) is also thinking
of ways to reuse their cutting
waste, NL Chamber addressed
the subject at a meeting of the
Advisory Body of the Customs
Authority.
According to director Natasa
Radeska-Krstevska the proce-
dure for using textile waste of
temporarily imported fabrics
made grey-green laptop bags
for the Ministry of Defense,
blue-yellow-purple shoulder
bags for electricity provider
Nuon and sky-blue shopping
bags for airline KLM.
production in Macedonia
With felt being an ideal materi-
al to be produced out of textile
waste, i-did saw an opportu-
nity for larger scale production
of bags and other items made
from felt of general textile
waste. EMT has offered to or-
ganize production in Macedo
nia. See: grensverleggers.nl.
cutting waste
Like every company dea
ling with outward processing

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is very straightforward. How-
ever, inquiry at the company
mentioned as an example
learnt that there is still no un-
derstanding with the Customs
Authority for using waste of
temporarily imported fabrics.
Dutch textile waste
processor
The Dutch processor of textile
waste - mainly garments - is
Frankenhuis BV in Haaksber-
gen, with which i-did co-oper-
ates. Managed by professionals
with a background in waste
management, the company
is a purely industrial business
acting as a service provider
in garment destruction and
as a supplier of raw materi-
als. Fashion brands bring their
overstock, other companies
their used workwear or any
other type of textile waste.
hard shell suitcases
Jeans and knitted wear can be
a component for new fabrics,
because of the long fibres that
are retrieved. Other garments
mostly end up in felt. With an
innovative spirit, Frankenhuis
continuously experiments with
new applications. The automo-
tive industry is already pur-
chasing fibres which they form
with resin into back shelves
and similar products. Using
resin and fibres, also hard shell
Workwear of electricity provider Nuon destroyed, fiberized, processed into felt and manufactured into handbags.
Denim fibres being loaded.
Frankenhuis BV
e: info@frankenhuisbv.nl
w: www.frankenhuisbv.nl
Product samples: various types of fibre and felt.
suitcases have already been
produced. Finally, tests have
shown that insulation materi-
al made of recycled fibres can
compete with glass wool on
insulation value and greater
ease of application.
photos:i-did,NLChamber

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Printing house Bato & Divajn
invested in a digital printing
line and software for produ
cing individually customized
photobooks. On 30 July the
website www.karmapix.com
was launched. KarmaPix allows
anyone to upload their pictures
and completely design their
own photobook or use any of
the ready-made thematic de-
signs. Karmapix will become a
one-stop-shop for any perso
Inspired by NL Chamber relations Bato & Divajn now offers customized photobooks.
members
Bato & Divajn launches KarmaPix.com
nalized item in paper or wood.
Bato & Divajn had been thin
king of such investment, but
the motivation to start was
triggered by Dutch contacts of
NL Chamber.
LinkedIn connection
On a Friday afternoon, early
summer 2015 NL Chamber di-
rector Bob Smit got a phone-
call: “We are connected on
LinkedIn, but we never met.
I’m in Skopje now.” The Dutch
guy happened to be co-owner
of a company fully dedicated to
printing individual photobooks.
After a meeting that same
evening an introduction to
Bato & Divajn was scheduled
for Saturday morning.
In July 2015 Bato & Divajn
owner Zoran Rosomanov and
Bob Smit spent a few very
pleasant days with this com-
pany in the Netherlands.
Where the initial intention was
to start photobook production
in Macedonia together, par-
ties eventually agreed to keep
things separated resulting
in karmapix.com as the first
photobook site in the region.
Rosomanov visiting the Dutch photobook printing house, July 2015.
t: +389 2 2785908 / 2785904
e: hello@karmapix.com
w: www.karmapix.com
fb.com/mykarmapix
twitter.com/mykarmapix
instagram.com/mykarmapix
pinterest.com/mykarmapix
photos:Bato&Divajn,NLChamber

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photos:Porta3,NLChamber,FashionWeekendSkopje
Radius Architects
e: info@radius.mk
w: www.radius.mk
linkedin.com/../radius...
fb.com/RADiUs...
members
Linea at Fashion Weekend Skopje
Traditionally, head designer of Fashion House Linea, Slavica Basarovska presented the
latest Linea collection at Fashion Weekend Skopje.
Designer Slavica Basarovska at the catwalk of Skopje Fashion Weekend.
Fashion House Linea from Stip
was again present at the 13th
Fashion Weekend Skopje. A
large crowd came to watch the
catwalk show of Linea’s collec-
tion SS16 on Saturday 2 April.
Deputy Ambassador Peter Ver-
heyen and his wife were intro-
duced to the owner of Linea,
Stamen Trajanov. Verheyen
was impressed by the calm
and professional approach to
the event, but especially by
the stylish collection.
fb.com/linea.mk
fb.com/modenvikend...
members
New building by RADiUs architects opened
The new headquarters of ProCredit Bank opened on Friday 13 May.
NL Chamber member RADiUs
Architects proudly attended
the opening celebration of their
latest assignment: a modern,
energy-efficient headquarters
for ProCredit Bank in Skopje.
The office building measures
6,000 sqm, uses geothermic
pumps for heating and coo
ling and has the highest levels
of insulation, including three-
layer glass in doors and win-
dows. The upper roof holds a
hundred solar panels with a to-
tal capacity of 25 kW, where-
as the lower roofs have been
turned into a roof terraces with
green areas. RADiUs architects
was also responsible for the
rebranding of all branches of
the bank, including interiors.

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photos:GoogleMaps,SteelCon,Stedenbouw
Dutch-owned steel construction company Steel Con produced the entire construction of
a new multifunctional event hall in Barneveld, Netherlands.
members
Dutch Event Hall by Steel Con
The Dutch professional maga-
zine for the construction indus-
try, Stedenbouw, published an
article about a new event hall,
Midden Nederland Hallen.
420 tonnes
The entire construction of 420
tonnes was produced by Steel
Con in Mlado Nagoricane and
delivered by sister company
Gerliko Staalconstructies in
Nijkerk. Both companies are
part of Dutch Gerliko Group.
The complex is convenient-
ly located next to the exit of
highway A30 and close to the
intersection with highway A1.
Skenderbeg Square
With a Dutch production ma
nager permanently based in
Macedonia, the production ef-
ficiency seriously improved,
making Steel Con very com-
petitive for mass production on
the Dutch market. Steel Con
also executes large projects in
Serbia as well as some smaller
projects in Macedonia, like the
reinforcement armatures for
Skenderbeg Square in Skopje.
100% Dutch since 2014
Steel Con was established in
2005 and became a 100% sub-
sidiary of Dutch Gerliko Group
in 2014, after a few years of
joint-venture partnership. The
company operates two shifts,
seven days per week with 90
employees.
Artist impression of the event hall with an insert of the production facility of Steel Con in Stedenbouw no. 736 (p.56)
Gerliko Staalconstructie BV
e: info@gerlikostaalconstructie.nl
w: www.gerlikostaalconstructie.nl
Steel Con DOOEL
e: info@steelcon.mk
w: www.steelcon.mk

fb.com/gerlikostaalconstructie
linkedin.com/../gerliko...
Location Midden Nederland Hallen
Download Steel Con brochure here

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Batavia Stad is the first fashion
outlet in the Netherlands, near
Lelystad. With 2.3 million
visitors per year and tenants
reporting a 12% turnover
growth, the outlet decided
to expand again with 45 new
shops to a total retail surface
of 31,000 sqm.
NL Chamber member Natuur
gevelsteen signed for the outer
walls, which will be made of
natural stone. The new “Wall of
Welcome” is already in place!
www.natuurgevelsteen.nl
Natuurgevelsteen is responsible for the outer walls of the third expansion of fashion
outlet Bataviastad, to be made of natural stone.
members
Natuurgevelsteen for Dutch fashion outlet Bataviastad
The House of Thousand De-
signers, stylishly represented
by HOIOOOD, is a design stu-
dio and product development
centre for furniture and inte-
rior decoration. “It fills up the
missing link between product
designers, manufacturers and
product distributors,” says
Zoran Radonjanin, who develo
ped the concept of HOIOOOD
during summer last year.
German Design Award
Radonjanin is general manager
of the internationally success-
HOIOOOD is to be a playground for designers from all over the world with clear com-
mercial ambitions using Feydom’s production and sales platform.
members
Feydom started House of Thousand Designers
ful furniture company Feydom
in Skopje, where his wife Fili-
mena Radonjanin is the driving
force behind the product de-
velopment into award winning
upholstered sofas and lounge
suites. Their latest model,
“Choice” is nominated for the
German Design Award 2017.
disruptive innovation
Whereas western countries are
buzzing from terms like “in-
novation” and more recently
“disruptive startup”, Feydom
has “disruptive innovation” in
its veins. The common cha
racteristic of all products is
multifunctionality, combined
with a modern, solid design,
fashionable colours and fabrics
that ensure easy maintenance.
Filimena: “Feydom is best sold
by demonstrating the interac-
tion with the products. There-
fore in Europe we have new
shops in partnerships with
passionate, proactive people.”
Similar to the company’s phi-
losophy for all employees,
“join, develop, benefit” with
full access to all resources,
Feydom now extends the of-
fer to external designers from
anywhere. Zoran: “We aim for
a thousand designers for a
short stay within our company
in a period of five years. We
expect at least 25 successfull
products out of 250 projects
per year.”
Feydom is also developing an
inspiring campus for budget
accommodation for both ex-
ternal designers and mentors.
w: www.feydom.com
www.facebook.com/feydom
twitter.com/feydominteriors
www.youtube.com/channel/...
photo:Natuurgevelsteen

17
Skopsko light and dark on
draft, Stobi wines in the Execu
tive Lounge and trees by Euro-
pean Plants: the “Sneak Pre-
view” of the unfinished hotel
back in February for NL Cham-
ber members did lead to some
fruitfull relations!
Three Dutchmen who came to
Skopje on a business trip with
NL Chamber, were the very
first guests at Marriott on the
opening day, 11 May. They
Three of the four very first guests at the opening day were NL Chamber’s guests. Several
members are supplier to Marriott.
members
Marriott Hotel Skopje opened
photos:MIA,NLChamber,Anastasija,PivaraSkopje,MarkLammers
Following the successful opera
tion in aluminium counterflow
heat exchangers, Holmak also
started to assemble customi
zed switchboards for the hea
ting systems of Wolf Heiztech-
nik, a sister company within
German Centrotec to which
For another member of the group, Holmak started assem-
bling complete switchboards for airconditioning systems.
members
Holmak also assembling switchboards
also Holmak belongs.
Holmak was - with sister com-
pany Brink Climate Systems -
also nominated for the annual
VSK-Award, for companies in
heating, sanitairy fittings and
climate control.
More info: www.holmak.eu
As the first brewery on the Balkans, Pivara Skopje now
also brews a cold filtered beer.
members
New beer: Skopsko Smooth
With new investments Pivara
Skopje enabled the produc-
tion of cold filtered beer, which
resulted in a fresh, unpasteu
rized beer with a shelf life of
90 days: Skopsko Smooth.
The brewery - a joint-venture
by CocaCola Company and
Heineken, Patron Member of
NL Chamber - also announced
the introduction of Skopsko
Smooth in PET bottles of a
larger volume.
See: youtu.be/B0CD4rwDdZY
NL Chamber president Wim Westen at
Marriott’s Executive Lounge
agreed unanimously: Marriott
is an excellent hotel with out-
standing restaurant and ser-
vice: marriott.com/skpmc
VSK Awards 2016

18
The representative of Dutch Hunter Douglas, Denisco-FS from Bitola moved into a new
processing facility
members
New production facility for Hunter Douglas
By the end of 1993 Petruli
Kotevski from Bitola registered
his company Denisco-FS. He
became official dealer of Hun
ter Douglas from Rotterdam,
the Dutch multinational in
window blinds and coverings
as well as facade and ceiling
panelling.
Kotevski invested in Hun
ter Douglas machinery to cut
and bend the imported semi-
manufactured materials into
customized dimensions and
now, almost 23 years later, the
company moved into its own
production facility.
Hunter Douglas was founded
in 1919 and is with 128 com-
panies present in 90 countries,
employing 19,000 people.
Denisco-FS DOOEL
Zona za malo stopanstvo zapad II
Dovledjik b.b.
7000 Bitola
t: +389 70 269578
e: deniscofs@gmail.com
w: www.hunterdouglas.nl
w: www.hunterdouglasgroup.com
fb.com/hunterdouglas
pinterest.com/hunterdouglaswf
photos:NLChamber
Opening celebration of the production facility for Hunter Douglas on 12 July.

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Tables for Apple
Dutch wooden table manufac
turer Arco received an order
for 500 tables from Apple,
which is the largest order
for this 112 years-old family
company. The tables are
made of solid, seamless
white oak, weighing 300 kg
and measuring 5.5 x 1.2 m2
.
The “Pod Islands Tables” will
be placed in the common areas
of Apple’s new 26 ha. office
building, Campus-2. The order
followed on an earlier deal for
100 (smaller) tables for Apple’s
corporate restaurant.
Airbus in 3D
Additive Industries, a young
company from Eindhoven
received a 1.8 million EUR or-
der from Airbus for its indus-
trial 3D-metalprinter. “Airbus
will use the printer for produc-
ing small light-weight parts,
but expects to be able to print
up to half of an airplane,” says
CEO Daan Kersten.
The development of the ma-
chine took three years in which
Additive Industries received
support from various other
high-tech companies, inclu
ding neighbouring world leader
in machines for producing in-
tegrated circuits, ASML.
Quooker
Dutch producer of boiling wa-
ter taps Quooker has trippled
its production capacity.
The roots of this family compa-
Shared Fresh DC
Dutch supermarket chain Albert
Heijn (AH) has combined the
distribution of cheese, salades,
meat, fish and pastry into one
national Shared Fresh Centre
(SFC). The SFC is “shared”
since suppliers deliver to the
SFC straight from production.
The SFC has over a hundred
suppliers for 9,000 stock loca-
tions on 32,000 sqm and sup-
plies 900 AH supermarkets.
Objective of the centre is to
optimize the supply chain with
less transport movements and
an average time in stock of less
than a day. The SFC is rented
and operated by AH’s logistic
partner, www.xpo.com.
Passport copies
Due to the increasing num-
ber of cases of identity fraud,
Dutch tourist association
ANWB has asked the Dutch
government to prohibit the
handing over passports at the
reception desks of hotels. The
Dutch government already has
launched a smartphone app
that makes a safe copy, with-
out showing the personal ID-
number.
Investment guide
KPMG has published a guide
on Investment in Macedo-
nia which can be downloaded
from: www.kpmg.com
Five-axis CNC machine, working on Apple’s table
photos:AdditiveIndustries,Arco,DistriFood,KPMG
ny go back to 1970 when Henri
Peteri, an engineer at Unilever,
saw the introduction of Cup-a-
Soup as an opportunity for de-
veloping a system that would
provide boiling water straight
from the tap. Nowadays, his
sons run a company with 220
employees, holding 52 pat-
ents. Quooker has sold half a
million taps all over Europe.

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Selection of trade fairs in the
Netherlands.
NB: All blue text is clickable!
Major trade fairs take place at:
Jaarbeurs, Utrecht
99,000 sqm, 13 halls
www.jaarbeurs.nl
RAI, Amsterdam
87,000 sqm, 11 halls
www.rai.nl
Ahoy, Rotterdam
30,000 sqm, 6 halls
www.ahoy.nl
Regional locations are:
Brabanthallen, ‘s-Hertogenb.
29,500 sqm, 6 halls
IJsselhallen, Zwolle
17,000 sqm, 4 halls
MECC, Maastricht
29,500 sqm, 4 halls
Most fairs in the Netherlands
have entrance fees and offer
discounts for early registration
online.
Please do not hesitate to
contact NL Chamber when
you plan to visit a fair in the
Netherlands.
NL Chamber’s annual calendar
also lists a selection of these
fairs: nl.mk/latestcalendar
The Netherlands
15.09.2016 Relatie Z, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht
80 exhibitors; relational gifts and christmas packages
21-22.09.2016 Big Data Expo, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht
congress and exhibition with 60 exhibitors
27.09.2016- VT Wonen & Design Beurs, RAI - Amsterdam
02.10.2016 250 exhibitors; consumer fair home interior & design
04-07.10.2016 World of Technology&Science, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht
Industrial Processing, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht
600 exhibitors; automation, electronics, laboratory;
dairy industry technology; packaging
04-06.10.2016 Energie, Brabanthallen - ‘s-Hertogenbosch
200 exhibitors; energy saving, sustainable energy
25-26.10.2016 Offshore Energy Exhibition, RAI - Amsterdam
650 exhibitors; offshore industry suppliers/contractors
23-24.11.2016 Packaging Innovations, Taets Park - Amsterdam
high-level event for brand managers, marketeers and
packaging specialists
21-22.11.2016 World Bulk Wine Exhibition, RAI - Amsterdam
210 wineries from 20 countries
29.11.2016- Transport & Logistics, Ahoy - Rotterdam
01.12.2016 100 exhibitors in transport and logistics services
09-12.01.2017 Horecava and Wine Professional, RAI - Amsterdam
400 food service exhibitors; 100 wine exhibitors
10-15.01.2017 Dutch Tourism Expo, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht
850 exhibitors; first day for professional visitors only
18-19.01.2017 BioBeurs, IJsselhallen - Zwolle
350 exhibitors in the sustainable organic food chain
22-23.01.2017 Modefabriek, RAI - Amsterdam
sales exhibition of the major fashion brands
25-27.01.2017 VakbeursFacilitair,Brabanthallen-‘s-Hertogenbosch
400 exhibitors; products/services facility management
i.e. maintenance, cleaning, catering, ict, reception etc.
06-10.02.2017 Bouwbeurs, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht
500 exhibitors in construction
14-15.02.2017 Nederlandse Kerstpakkettenbeurs, Expo - Houten
trade fair for christmas packages
05-06.04.2017 Label & Print, Brabanthallen - ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Empack, Brabanthallen - ‘s-Hertogenbosch
200 exhibitors in packaging printing, labelling and
converting and packaging technology
11-13.04.2017 Maintenance Next, Ahoy - Rotterdam
manufacturing and services in industrial maintenance
04-05.10.2017 Pumps & Valves, Ahoy - Rotterdam
pumping equipment and industrial components
04-05.10.2017 Solids Rotterdam, Ahoy - Rotterdam
100 exhibitors in powder and bulk processing,
handling, storage and transport
16-17.05.2017 World Private Label / PLMA, RAI - Amsterdam
european private label producers in food and non-food
3,800 exhibitors, 68 countries, 42 regional pavilions
brochure MK pavilion, see: nl.mk/PLMA-brochure
31.10.2017- Aquatech, RAI - Amsterdam
03.11.2017 680 exhibitors; process/drinking/wastewater solutions
07-10.11.2017 Europort, Ahoy - Rotterdam
1,100 exhibitors, 40 countries; maritime technology
Selection of upcoming trade fairs.
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Calendar of Trade Fairs
photo:NLChamber

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