The production of combat vehicles was fully started. It brought new work to the backward region – SME

Tisovec. Eight years ago, it seemed that the once famous Tisovo engineering engineer would end. After they were sent to the bottom of anti -Russian sanctions, they were in bankruptcy.

In one of the least developed regions in Slovakia, people lost their jobs, which they later began to look for in the west of the country, or beyond the borders.

Finally, however, the investor was found, who gave the once prosperous plant a second chance.

Despite the difficult time, marked by coronavirus pandemic, war in Ukraine And the loss of the Russian market, which the CSM factory has been most oriented since the time of the former regime, has managed to maintain Stupava financier Tomáš Maroš and his team in the hungry valley, even promisingly developing.

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Thanks to good cooperation with the Ministry of Defense, foreign partners and armed forces of other countries, the engineering plant is moving forward.

They are expanding production, new jobs are being created, dual education works, even announcing other interesting news, beneficial for the city, which ranks among the fastest extinct self -governments in the country.

Finally, according to the official numbers of the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, in 2013 Tisovec had 4 253 inhabitants. Ten years later, there were only 3632, which means a 14.60 % decline.

The unflattering demographic development was mainly due to the lack of interest of larger investors in the backward region. The functioning of CSM could help reverse this unfavorable trend.

The production of the belongs has already been fully started

In the plant, in which the current owner has invested nine million euros since 2017, the current job has about 150 people.

It is only thanks to the launch of the production of eight -wheeled combat vehicles include the AMV XP 8×8, under the contract of our defense department with the Finnish company Patria in 2022, approximately 40 new direct jobs were created in the plant. Subcontractors were also given the opportunity.

« The production of belongs is fully started since last September. Until then, we have been preparing spaces, technologies, producing some components that were carried to Finland, where our people went to work. In the first phase we should produce 76 vehicles, of which 12 were produced in Finland. was quantified by the owner of the CSM.

They belong in the outpatient version. (Source: MO SR)

He stressed that this project is very important for the region, as the needs of the army is particularly considerable at these times.

« The added value of this product produced in Slovakia is really very high, especially in the context of the region, which is produced and also Slovak knowledge and skills. I believe this project will continue. »

In Tisovec they produce a whole complete combat vehicle without a weapon part. The assembly of the EVPU tower with cannon will be under the thumb in the State Zbrojka construct – Defense.

Complete patries should be taken over by the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic until 2027. In CSM, they are currently in the production of the eighteenth piece of the hull, in the production hall they assemble the first seven of these combat vehicles. The first is already done.

In the Tisovský plant CSM (Source: Marcela Ballová)

« We consider this vehicle to be unique in the armed forces, some design elements are unique on the market. The new combat armored vehicles on the 8×8 platform will replace us with BVP-1 vehicles, which are hopelessly obsolete, » said the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic General Daniel Zmeko in September 2023.

They want to motivate young people

The arrival of Finnish technology in the city in the district, which has been struggling for years from the highest number of unemployed in Slovakia, has, in addition to production for the troops, another mission. Maroš ranks him among the priority.

« We are working with four secondary schools in dual education. Modern technology in our plant could make it more attractive to schoolchildren to study engineering fields. We want them not to leave for other regions, but to work at home.

Tomáš Maroš, owner of CSM Tisovec. (Source: Marcela Ballová)

He also outlined other forthcoming benefits to bring the restoration of other premises in a large racing area, where they recently reconstructed one of the halls. The production capacity and CSM innovation capabilities have thus increased significantly.

« We plan to direct further investments to the restoration of social equipment. Unused offices want to rebuild the offices. Lounge or fitness center will be created, » Maroš said, pointing out that women have the opportunity to succeed in CSM. « They are up to 50 percent in management, » he said.

Orientation to rescue units

There are no traditional UDS in the background, which are far from what they used to be. These are modern machines, equipped with the latest technique, suitable for the army and civil use, such as eliminating the consequences of natural disasters or war conflicts.