Benzina plans to continue the investment in expanding and developing its Slovak network also this year. The leader of the Czech market ended last year with ten filling stations in Slovakia, and it plans to double their number this year.

Volkswagen Group has extended the shutdown of its three plants in Slovakia until April 19 after closing them for two weeks on March 17 amid the coronavirus outbreak.

GEFCO Slovakia celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Luc Nadal, the head of the group, informed journalists about the company history and current results in the region in Bratislava.

Slovakia’s economy, dominated by automakers including Volkswagen Group, PSA Group, Kia and Jaguar Land Rover, slowed unexpectedly in the second quarter when it expanded by 1.9 percent, down from a 3.7 percent rise in the first quarter and missing analysts’ expectations of 3.3 percent growth.

GEFCO has cerated a new region from the Czech Republic and Slovakia since August 2017. The management of both branches is taken over by Aleksander Raczynski, who has been managing corporate activities in the Czech Republic for the last four years.