With the acquisition of a 600,000 m² plot of land in Serbia, PVC window profile manufacturer Profine (Troisdorf, Germany; www.profine-group.com) has announced the details of its expansion plans in Southeast Europe. Situated between the capital city of Belgrade and Novi Sad, the country’s second-largest city, the site is to be home to the first production facility in the country, which is to be built over the next few months and serve as a “hub for Southeast Europe”. Peter Mrosik, Profine group CEO, said, “We manufacture our profiles where they are needed and thus significantly save on transport.”

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Extrusion capacity for window profiles in Serbia is to gradually increase to at least 50,000 t. The company currently makes 450,000 t of profiles for windows and doors and PVC screening systems and panels at its 11 production sites in Italy, Spain, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Germany .

Profine employs around 3,000 and reported a rise in turnover to more than EUR 900 mn last year from over EUR 700 mn in 2020.