At least 100 jobs will be opened by the new three-million euros brownfield investment of the Dutch company Р&S Tissue Culture Laboratories in the Eastern region of Kochani and Vinica.
This was announced by the Minister of charge of attracting foreign investments, Mr.Bill Pavlevski, back in April 2014. This foreign investment is cultivating plants in laboratory conditions.
According to the representatives of Р&S Tissue Culture Laboratories, the factory in Macedonia was supposed to start in autumn 2014, however, two years later there are no factories nor plants established. The Minister Pavlevski said in September 2016 for BIRN that the company started the implementation of brownfield investment and the project is being implemented “in accordance with the foreseen dynamics”.
The website of Р&S Tissue Culture Laboratories shows that this company is established by a Macedonian woman from Vinica and her husband from Holland – both of them working in South Africa. These are Sashka and Jean Rolleveld who opened their first facility in 2005, however their website shows no information they ever invested in Macedonia.