Magna

Less than four years after launching its paint shop in Hoče near Maribor, the automotive multinational Magna will move the car body painting business fully to its location in Austria's Graz next week.

Hoče – Magna Steyr vice president Erwin Fandl and David Adam, director of the Slovenian Magna plant in Hoče, have informed representatives of the Slovenian government and local authorities that production in Hoče would be relaunched at the start of next year.

Hoče – The Environment Agency issued a preliminary environmental approval this week for an expansion of the factory of the automotive giant Magna near Maribor. The document has been sent to the planing authorities, while archaeologists are already inspecting the site.

The debate, organised by the regional daily Večer featured both advocates, including Economy Minister Zdravko Počivalšek and Magna Steyr representative Wolfgang Zitz, and opponents of the planned paintshop by the Austrian subsidiary of the Canadian giant.