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EMPOWER Private Sector supported another company from Peja, Mahagoni, producer of MDF products such as kitchens, cabinets, bedrooms, and tables. The grant support will enable the company to purchase new equipment that will contribute to increased product quality and job creation. In partnership with Sida - Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete. #EMPOWERKosovo #USAIDKosovo
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In the framework of implementing the On-the-Job (OTJ) Training Program, financed by USAID EMPOWER Private Sector Project, the Kosovo Manufacturers Club (KMC) signed a cooperation agreement with different wood companies: SelaImpex, Tefik Çanga, Divani, Tedes. Contract, Deco Home and EURO ART Mobileria. As agreed, these businesses will provide practical work for the marginalized young people that belong to municipalities of Gjilan, Kaçanik, Viti and Hani i Elezit.
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Wood processing company Albed is furnishing a hotel in Germany and successfully implementing a newly established export contract with a German company. Earlier this year, USAID EMPOWER Private Sector in partnership with Sida - Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete, supported #Albed to exhibit its products at the IMM Cologne interior design fair where they signed significant contracts to export products to Malta and Germany.
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More and more Kosovo companies are exporting to foreign markets thanks to the support provided by USAID’s EMPOWER Private Sector project. Recently, DONI wood-processing company from Mitrovica signed a significant new contract to export 2100 kitchens to the Democratic Republic of Congo. For the next three years, DONI’s kitchens are going to be sent and installed at a new community that is being built in Africa’s most central country.
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On June 14th, 2018, USAID/Kosovo Mission Director James Hope visited EMPOWER Private Sector beneficiary Palma Mobilje in Gjilan, one of the major producers of furniture in Kosovo. Mr. Ekrem Shahini, owner and General Director of Palma, showed Mr. Hope around Palma’s modern facility and talked about the products the company produces and the success his company is experiencing.
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For the thousands of Kosovars who fled violence during the country’s armed conflict in 1998-99, returning to burned-down homes and a stunted economy presented great challenges and hardships. For entrepreneurs, however, opportunities existed amid the ruin, especially in Kosovo’s burgeoning wood-processing sector.
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Artan Jakupi, from wood processing company Candeo, and Gent Ademaj from wood processing company Mobileria Real, signed grants awarded by the EMPOWER Private Sector project. Recently, both companies have built new and modern production facilities from which they plan to operate. The grants will enable them to purchase equipment for their new facilities, expand production capacities and improve product quality. Collectively the companies will create 56 new jobs within the next two years.
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USAID’s EMPOWER Private Sector presented available options for technical assistance interventions to improve the competitiveness of companies in the wood sector. The proposed interventions were formulated by an international expert through extensive consultations with, and direct visits to, wood sector companies. Proposed interventions include production optimization through implementation of lean manufacturing methods and improved utilization of advanced technology.
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On May 7, 2018, USAID Washington office officer Ana Luisa Pinto visited Dijamant wood processing company and KOSHI GROUP – carbon fiber solutions. Both companies are beneficiaries of the EMPOWER Private Sector project in partnership with Sida – the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. The owners of Dijamant and KOSHI GROUP showed Mrs. Pinto around their facilities and talked about the progress they have made since receiving support from EMPOWER Private Sector
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On March 5th 2018, EMPOWER Private Sector in partnership with @Sida – Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbetesigned signed a grant with wood processing company Albed. The grant for new equipment will enable the company to substitute leather furniture imports with in-house production and become the first company in Kosovo to produce such products.
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On March 5th 2018, EMPOWER Private Sector in partnership with Sida – Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbetesigned signed a grant with wood processing company Genkor.
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On March 5th 2018, EMPOWER Private Sector in partnership with Sida – Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbetesigned signed a grant with Idrizi, a producer of upholstery products and products from medium-density fiberboard (MDF).
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