Kosovo Furniture Companies Exhibit in Swissbau Furniture Fair for the First Time

Thanks to a collaboration between donors and Kosovo institutions, three wood processing companies: Elnor, Shehu and Lesna will exhibit their products at the bi-annual Swissbau fair in Basel, Switzerland, on January 12 – 16, 2016. Swissbau Fair is the largest furniture and construction fair in Switzerland, which covers all consumer market segments.

“Participation of our producers this year at the Swissbau fair brings us one step closer to our goal for exporting to strategic markets,” says Arieta Vula Pozhegu, Executive Director of the Association of Wood Processors of Kosovo.

On December 2, 2015, the Kosovo Investment and Enterprise Support Agency signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the donors, USAID EMPOWER Private Sector and Promoting Private Sector Employment – SDC, and the Association of Wood Processors of Kosovo. The objective of this collaboration is to increase the exports from Kosovo furniture producers by exposing them to the EU markets and expand