Top 10 Slovak Companies

Are not really that Slovak after all :)

Ranked according to sales in 2007:

1. Volkswagen Slovakia, automotive, € 5.73 billion

2. Slovnaft, oil refining, € 3.34 billion

3. Samsung Electronics, electronics, € 3.29 billion

4. U.S. Steel Košice, metallurgy, € 2.87 billion

5. SPP, gas distribution, € 2.17 billion

6. Kia Motors, automotive, € 1.60 billion

7. PCA Slovakia, automotive, € 1.54 billion

8. Slovenské elektrárne, energy production, € 1.38 billion

9. Tesco Stores, retail, € 927 million

10. Sony Slovakia, electronics, € 864 million

Note: Fortune's 500th world's largest corporation (Fluor) had revenues of € 12.19 billion last year.

Top 3 in Value Added:

1. U.S. Steel Košice, metallurgy, v.a. € 1.03 billion

2. Slovenské elektrárne, energy production, v.a. € 822 million

3. SPP, gas distribution, v.a. € 541 million

Top 3 in Employment:

1. Železnice SR, railways, 17 982 employees

2. Slovenská pošta, postal services, 15 849 employees

3. U.S. Steel Košice, metallurgy, 13 342 employees

Source: TREND Top 200

For top CEE companies in 2006, visit our earlier post.