Ship a Pallet to Slovenia

Traffic between the two countries is industry supplying industry, alongside a growing food market and a return flow of timber and furniture. The most common cases:

Steel, aluminium and machine tools for Slovenian steelworks

Metallurgy is the largest item in Italian exports to Slovenia and is growing fast. Slovenia imports much of the steel it processes, and the SIJ steelworks in Jesenice and Ravne, Štore Steel near Celje and the aluminium group Impol in Slovenska Bistrica receive semi-finished products, profiles and components from Italy. Italian machine tool builders, grouped under UCIMU, present their equipment to Slovenian workshops through dedicated trade missions and at the MIS industrial fair in Celje in April: spare parts and machine assemblies travel by pallet.

Components for the electric Twingo from Novo Mesto

In Novo Mesto, Revoz builds the new Twingo E-Tech for the Renault group and has added a second shift to keep up with demand. In nearby Mirna Peč, CECOMP of Turin produces pressings and body parts for the plant. Italian suppliers of components, fasteners, technical packaging and equipment ship pallets along the A2 into the Dolenjska region, where a single pallet arrives when a full load is not justified.

Packaging and spare parts for the pharmaceutical industry

Krka, headquartered in Novo Mesto, has revenues above two billion euros and has just installed sixteen new packaging lines; Lek, part of the Sandoz group, is investing in new facilities in Lendava, Mengeš and Ljubljana. Packaging materials, line components and laboratory supplies from Italy reach these plants by pallet, with the delivery precision that pharmaceuticals demand.

Household appliances and televisions in Velenje

Gorenje, now part of the Hisense group, manufactures household appliances in Velenje and, since 2021, televisions for the whole of Europe. Italian electrical and electronic components are among the growing export items to Slovenia, and the Velenje plant north of Celje is a regular destination for pallets from the provinces of Brescia, Treviso and Varese.

Coffee, food and Ljubljana's hospitality trade

Italy is Slovenia's second largest food supplier, at more than 570 million euros a year, and Italian coffee is second only to Brazilian. Roasters, wineries and producers ship pallets to importers and distributors in Ljubljana and Maribor, with two fixed dates in the calendar: GAST Expo in Ljubljana in February for the hospitality trade and AGRA in Gornja Radgona in August for the food sector.

Timber and furniture, in both directions

Italy is the biggest buyer of Slovenian sawn timber, and the country's sawmills ship to Italian furniture factories. In the opposite direction, Italian furniture, lighting and interior components travel to Slovenian retailers, with the Ambient fair in Ljubljana in November as the industry meeting point. This two-way traffic keeps the lines full all year round.