- City of Kikinda
- Logistics
- Energy potential
- Infrastructure
- Population education and labor cost
- Key sectors
- Top 10 employers
- Greenfield
- Brownfield
- Construction procedures
- Municipality incentives
- Success stories
- Your partner in municipality
City of Kikinda
Kikinda is a town and a municipality in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is the administrative centre of the North Banat District. The municipality has 59,453 inhabitants. The municipality of Kikinda comprises the city of Kikinda, nine villages and two hamlets.
TOP 5 REASONS TO INVEST IN KIKINDA
- Corporate business tradition & highly qualified workforce for metal processing industry
- Excellent resource base for agribusiness industry
- Fully equipped industrial zones with Greenfield, Brownfield locations ready for investments - 42ha Customs Free Zone
- Investment opportunities for different types of renewable resources
- Proximity of road (8km) and railway (0km) border crossings
Kikinda Logistics
Kikinda total area: 782km²
Distance from borders:
- HUN - 65 km
- CRO - 135 km
- ROM - 8 km
- BUL - 388 km
- B&H - 201 km
Distance from highway:
- E-75 - 71 km
- E-70 - 129 km
Distance from airport:
- Belgrade - 130 km
- Osijek - 175 km
- Timisoara - 71 km
Energy potential in Kikinda
GAS
- Municipality is gasified: 70%
- Local pipeline lenght: 852.5 km
- High pressure pipeline 40 bar – 250 km Medium pressure pipeline 16 bar – 42.5 km
- Lowpressure pipeline 4 bar – 560 km
BIOMASS
- Total land: 78,200 ha
- Agricultural land: 70,541 ha
- Arable land: 64,889 ha
- Most common crops: wheat, maize, sunflower
ELECTRICITY
- No. of distribution substitusions: 215
- Total power (kVA): 8,720, 70,450
- Total network length (km): 798.2
- 39 (10kV) + 176 (20kV)
WIND
Average speed 42m/s at 50 m
GEOTHERMAL
| 9 boreholes | |
| 50°C temperature | at 950 m |
| 51°C temperature | at 1,200 m |
SOLAR
| Insolation 72 days p.a. | 2,280 hrs |
Infrastructure in Kikinda
ROADS
Regional road network: 113 km
- Horgos-Kanjiza-Novi Knezevac-Coka-Sajan-Idjos-Kikinda-Basaid-Zrenjanin-Belgrade
- Srb-Hun border - Backi Breg - Sombor - Kula - Srbobran - Becej - Novi Becej - Kikinda -Nakovo - Srb-Rom border
- Srb-Rom border - Srpska Crnja - Rusko Selo - Kikinda - Mokrin - Crna Bara - Novi Knezevac
- Novi Becej - Basaid - Banatsko Karadjordjevo
Local road network: 97 km
- Nakovo - Banatsko Veliko Selo - Novi Kozarci - Rusko Selo
- Kikinda - Banatsko Veliko Selo
- Kikinda - Banatska Topola
WATERWAY
River Tisza distance: 34 km
- Port in Senta distance 43.6 km
Canal network DTD
Irrigation/dranaige system network: 1.675 ha
RAILWAY
Railway network length: 94 km
- Kikinda-Banatsko Veliko Selo-Romania (Zombolj)
- Kikinda-Novo Milosevo-Coka-Senta
- Kikinda-Mokrin-Vrbica-Podlokanj-Banatsko Arandjelovo
Axial pressure: 16-20 t
SEWAGE
Sewage system: 85%
Sewage network: 103 km
Population, education and labor cost in Kikinda
Number of inhabitants 59,453
Employed (2020) 14,438
Unemployed (July 2021) 3,229
Labor cost structure
Average salary in Kikinda (Dec, 2020)
| NET Salary | 505 | |
| Personal Income Tax | 10.00% | 54 |
| Contributions (Emploeyee) | 19.9% | 139 |
| GROSS Salary | 698 | |
| Contributions (Employer) | 16.65% | 116 |
| TOTAL Cost | 814 |
From July 1st, 2014 the employers have the right for refund on the paid personal income tax & socal insurance contributions:
- 65% refund for employing 1-9 workers
- 70% refund for employing 10-99 workers
- 75% refund for employing 100+ workers
Education
High Schools
| School | Profile | #students | #graduates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical | Nursery | 65 | 0 |
| Physical Therapis | 34 | 34 | |
| Pharmacy | 35 | 0 | |
| Environment Protection | 115 | 31 | |
| Agri | Food Tech | 79 | 17 |
| Biotech | 97 | 27 | |
| F&B Production | 37 | 18/td> | |
| Construction | Architecture | 74 | 16 |
| Technical | Computer Electrotech | 112 | 25 |
| Vehicle Electronics | 76 | 14 | |
| ICT Electrotech | 96 | 26 | |
| AC Equipment Electrotech | 38 | 10 | |
| Electrical Networks&Systems | 11 | 5 |
A number of other profiles available for all vocational high schools (medical, agricultural, technical, construction, economics).
Schools may establish a new profile in accordance with the requirements of the companies.
There are several faculty departments in Kikinda for economy, management, mechanical engineering, high school for teachers.
Key sectors in Kikinda
Metal Processing
Quick & esy acess to ky markets
- Longstanding tradition in metal processing dating back one century
- First joint venture company with foreign capital IDA Kikinda – (General Motors and Foundry Kikinda)
- During the ‘80s – total export share for the metal processing industry in Kikinda was over $ 100 mil
- Readily available skilled workforce – large number of unemployed workers with former metal processing experience
- Flexibility of the educational system – possibility of adapting high school syllabus and profiles to the needs of the sector – retraining
- Excellent Brownfield facilities with the necessary infrastructure for the development of production of metal processing and automotive supplier industries
- SMEs that can provide various kinds of services to investors in the sector - subcontractors
Agribusiness
Abundant resurce bas - 70,541 ha
- Developed primary and secondary agricultural production – access to ample high-quality resource base
- Mainly cereal crop production (maize, sunflower, wheat) – with tradition in fruit and vine growing and significant expansion potential
- Drainage network on 2,970 ha, and the irrigation system on 1,675 ha with further development potential – for increasing the yields
- Predetermined locations for greenhouses development – in close proximity to geothermal sources – ensuring cost-effective heating
- Agribusiness Zone with suitable locations spreading over 4 ha for logistic centers development
- Manufacturing tradition in processing green beans, corn, tomato, cucumber
- Meat & dairy industry development potential – high number of pig farms (Matijevic Agrar, Delta Agrar, MK Group) and large network of subcontractors (individual farmers)
Investment opportunities:
- Processing capacities development, Irrigation systems, farm development, greenhouses and cold-storage development
Tourism
Excellent development potential
- Development potential for sports, spa, hunting, ecological and cultural –event tourism (41 different events all year round)
- Existing location (Block 9) for sports and spa center investment projects development – 94 ha – with onsite geothermal resources and sports courts, swimming pools (indoor and outdoor), sports hall, park, and accommodation facilities in Youth village & campus
- Geothermal water – medicinal properties
- Hunting tourism - number of hunting grounds
- Breathtaking landscapes: Special Nature Reserve "Velika Droplja pastures" located in Mokrin village; while the city center is the largest world winter location for owls Utina; General Drapsina street near the center has been named one of the 50 most beautiful streets in the world, number of cultural monuments
Renewable Energy
Strategic importance sectors
- Potential for energy production from biomass, wind, solar, geothermal energy sources
- Location with one of the highest insolation intensity in Serbia - 2,300 hrs - 1,456.5 kwh/m³ per year
- In 2014 - company NIS AD build A photovoltaic power plant, which opened in Sajan
- Number of locations with favorable wind energy – average wind speed 5 m/s
- In 2013 – French company IEL started the project of wind power plant development in Basaid – valued at $ 70 mil
- Biomass potential - 90% of the land is agricultural with the main crops being wheat, corn, sunflower
- Agribusiness zone – offering suitable locations – 5 ha
- 11 geothermal boreholes (NIS AD ownership) with temperatures in some wells above 100°C – suitable for both heat and electricity production
- Greenfield locations for RES production
Top 10 Employers in Kikinda
| Company | Sector | Country | #Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZOPPAS INDUSTRIES HEATING ELEMENT TECHNOLOGIES | Electro industry | Italy | 711 |
| LE BELIER | Metal Processing | France | 580 |
| METALSKO SIRĆETNI KOMPLEKS | Chemical | Serbia | 545 |
| TOZA MARKOVIC | Construction materials | Serbia | 500 |
| CALZEDONIA | Textile | Italy | 479 |
| LIVNICA KIKINDA CIMOS GROUP | Metal Processing | Slovenia | 410 |
| JAFFA - BANINI | Food production | Serbia | 280 |
| GRINDEX | Metal Processing | Serbia | 200 |
| KIKINDSKI MLIN | Food Production | Serbia | 120 |
| MECAFOR | Metal processing | France | 107 |
Edited on 01/04/2022
Greenfield locations in Kikinda
Location 1
Block 9 - sports Complex and Old Lake
Land size: 94 ha
Available: 43 ha
Ownership: City of Kikinda/private
Infrastructure: electricity, water, gas, sewage, optical cable
* Railway in close proximity - 3 km
Within the Block 9 there are - sports, recreational areas, protected natural area, dormitory, youth camp, lake
For sale & lease
Location 2
New Industrial Zone
It is part of Customs Free Zone
Land size: 18 ha
Available: 3,2ha
Ownership: City of Kikinda
Infrastructure: electricity, water, gas, sewage, optical cable
For sale and lease
Location 3
New Industrial Zone Rasadnik
Part of Customs Free Zone
Land size: 22.6 ha (possibilty of extention up to 27,7 ha)
Land size: 22.6 ha
Ownership: city of Kikinda/state
Infrastructure: electricity, water, gas, sewage, optical cable
Railway in close proximity; the pier on the DTD Kanal – 1km away
Some land plots are suitable for greenhouse development due to proximity of geothermal resources (Temp 76-85°C); Possibility: spa, aqua park, recreational, hospitality facilities development
Location 4
Part of the former military camp in Kikinda, Blocks 58 and part of 59/1
Land size: 35 ha
Available: 35 ha
Ownership: City of Kikinda
Infrastructure: electricity, water, gas, sewage, optical cable
For sale and lease
Location 5
Public utility company Kikinda
Land size: 19,122 m2
Available: surface for hall 7,500 m2
Ownership: city of Kikinda
Infrastructure: electricity, water, gas, sewage, optical cable
Ownership: for sale and lease
Edited on 01/04/2022
Brownfield Locations in Kikinda
Location 1
Put za pristanište
Land size: 259,412 m²
Facilities: 1530 m²+1,170 m²+ 1,370 m²
Infrastructure: electricity, water, gas, sewage, optical cable
Ownership: private
For sale and lease
Location 2
Cimos TCH Group
Foundry Kikinda Tool Shop
Land size: 13,071 m2 + 7,600 m²
Facilities: 5,966 m² + 178 m² + 766 m²
Infrastructure: electricity, water, gas, sewage, optical cable
Ownership: private, “Graditelj”
For sale
Location 3
Former supermarket "Turbogas"
Surface area: 1,500 m²
Infrastructure: electricity, water, gas, sewage, optical cable
Ownership: private
*It is located at the exit of the City of Kikinda, near the State road
For sale & lease
Location 4
"Gigraphix" Kikinda
Land size: 33, 979 m²
Facilities: 5,000 m² + 3,000 m²
Infrastructure: electricity, water, gas, sewage, optical cable
Ownership: private
For sale & lease
Location 5
Former kitchen furniture factory “Petar Drapšin”
Facilities: 1,950 m² (out of which 7,260 m² is cold storage)
Infrastructure: electricity, water, gas, sewage, optical cable
Ownership: private
For sale
Location 6
Former meat industry “PIK” Kikinda and “Zipper”
Total area: 93,683 m²
Facilities: 15, 791 m²
Infrastructure: electricity, water, gas, sewage, optical cable
Ownership: private
For lease
Location 7
Furniture salon “Spejs”“
Facilities: 2,100 m²
Infrastructure: electricity, water, gas, sewage, optical cable
Ownership: private
For sale & lease
Upon receiving the investor’s request
the consolidated construction procedures are conducted in the following phases:
- Issuing the location conditions for the cadastre parcel suitable for construction – from the day of obtaining all special conditions, permits and other documents --> no later than 5 working days
- Issuing the construction permit – from the day of the submission of the request --> no later than 5 working days
Upon receiving the application:
Based on registering the construction work,issuing the verification for receiving the application without delay, provided that the complete documentation has been submitted.
- Registering the construction works to receive acceptance/rejection --> 5 working days
- Subsequently, submitting the request for infrastructure installations --> 3 working days
Issuing the occupancy permit, upon receiving the submission of the request --> no later than 5 working days
Issuing the final approval upon receiving the submission of the request --> no later than 5 working days
In total: 28 working days
Incentives & Fees in Kikinda
Beside various incentives available to foreign investors, including financial grants (state and provincial level) and favorable tax rates, as well as customs exemptions, every municipality in Vojvodina has its incentivies.
Fees in Kikinda:
0% Land Development Fees
for construction of production and warehousing facilities
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Success Stories in Kikinda
Your partner in Kikinda
City Office
Sasa Tanackov - Secretary of the Secretariat for Local Economic Development
Phone: +381 230 410 182; +381 64 896 8179
Jelena Rodic – Advisor for investments, promotion, and marketing
Phone: +381 203 410 159; +381 64 316 0805
Email: jelena.rodic@kikinda.org.rs