Slovenian Automotive Component Manufacturers Association

Off-shoring engineering tasks allows car manufacturers to reduce development-related costs and Slovenian automotive suppliers and engineering firms have a reputation of suitable partners. They handle calculation and simulation work, electrical and electronic development tasks, and detail design engineering tasks such as sample and prototype construction. As safety and environmental requirements are becoming stricter, automobiles are becoming more electronically controlled. Many leading players in the automotive industry set up operating partnerships with Slovenian firms in the electronic control unit (ECU) development area: software coding, hardware design, the design and testing of entire assemblies and other electrical integration tasks such as CAD modelling are offshore to Slovenia. Slovenia’s automotive industry generates one tenth of the country’s GDP and accounts for 12.5% of its exports of goods. Slovenian companies have achieved compliance with all EU green and safety requirements and supply the international industry leaders. German carmakers Audi, BMW, Daimler, VW, as well as MAN, and Ford in Germany account for some 40% of car component exports, followed by France, Italy, Austria, the UK, and the USA. Reliability of the vehicles that roll off the assembly lines of Renault, PSA, Brosse; Lombardini, Landini, Fiat and Magna Steyr gives credit also to suppliers from Slovenia. Revoz owned by the French Renault remains Slovenia’s only car manufacturer and the number one Slovenian exporter, employing around 2,000 people. The cars produced by Revoz Novo mesto are renowned for their uncompromising quality, which ranks them high among Renault vehicles also in terms of productivity.