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AS A TOOL FOR SUCCESSFUL CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVE EU PROJECTS PARTICIPATION Branko Mihalić AutoCluster Croatia Opatija, 22.11. 2012.

CROATIA IN EUROPE

Population: Land area: 4,442 Mil 56.594 sq km Political system: Parliamentary democracy Capital: Zagreb Currency: GDP per capita (PPP, 2010): Exchange rate (2011): Croatian Kuna (HRK) 17.400 USD 1 EUR = 7,40 HRK 1 USD = 5,50 HRK 2

MAIN CAR PLANTS IN EUROPE

FAMOUS?

• Croatia is not famous for automotive industry – there are no big-series final products (cars) – minor exceptions (manufacturers of buses, special vehicles, tractors, agricultural equipment…) • But… Croatia has well known industrial tradition, skilled workers & engineers and several proven suppliers of quality parts for the European & global OEM’s – a total of 80 companies with 10,000+ employees – mostly small/medium companies (Tier 2/3), fewer Tier 1 suppliers – specialized mainly in supplying of smaller series, premium brands and prototype producers – even Aston Martin, Bentley, Ferrari, Porsche, BMW, Mercedes etc.

SUPPLIERS of…

COVERING ALL CUSTOMER SEGMENTS

Passenger Cars 2-Wheelers Racing Construction Agriculture Commercial Vehicle

Engineering Simulation Testing & Services

Locomotive Marine Power Plants 6

CLUSTER’S KEY FIGURES

• NGO, founded in 2006 (24 members) • Cluster members 2012: – 50+ Companies – 5 R&D institutions – specialized in producing, engineering, R&D – 5.000+ Employees • Turnover: – EUR 380 M – 80-90% exported to the European market(s) 7

MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Members

20 10 0 60 50 40 30 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Members 8

CLUSTER’S MISSION

• center of excellence & communication within Croatian automotive industry • promotion & support of members and partners on local, national and international level • joint participation and better use of EU projects and funds • Co-operation, R&D, competitiveness...

PROJECT PARTNERS

Ministry of Economy Zagrebačka županija (Zagreb county) 10

CLUSTER MEMBERS / PARTNERS Auto GAZ

PETRAKOM

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

RTD SERVICES

VOLVO S80 MAZDA AUDI TT AUDI V6 POWERTRAIN 15

CUSTOMERS

Regional Automotive Network (RAN)

AUTOCLUSTERS Project

„The international cooperative network of educational and research institutions with subcontractors and other bodies active in Automotive Industry“ 2010 – 2013 www.autoclusters.eu

AutoNet project

EAI – European Alliance for Innovation

E-MOBILITY „Sorry Tesla, but Nikola Tesla was born in Croatia…” (YouTube)

ELECTRIC CHASSIS FOR GREEN LOW FLOOR MINIBUS

• PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR PARTNERSHIP AND COOPERATION • FP7 - Capacities - Research for the benefit of SMEs 23

ELECTRIC CHASSIS FOR GREEN LOW FLOOR MINIBUS

• An Innovative Concept for Sustainable Mobility and Clean Cities 24

CHASSIS DESIGN

OUR GOALS

 Increase of employment  New jobs for highly educated people  Transfer of know-how and new technologies from/to EU  Contribution to knowledge based society  Build the stronger links with EU companies 26

Thank you!

Contact Information: Branko Mihalić,

Managing Director

AutoCluster Croatia, Zagreb

Association of Automotive Industry Suppliers T/F: +385-1-7778960 M: +385-98-534444 E: [email protected]

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