Novska – As reported by the Italian Trade Agency, between late June and spring 2016, the Italian-Croatian Terastono Croatia will work on the construction of a plant for the production of natural stone composite, for a total value of €14.5 million, in the entrepreneurial area of Novska. The contract on the purchase of land was signed by the Mayor of Novska, Vlado Klasan, and the Chairman of the Board of Terastone Croatia, Goran Rešić. At the end of the first phase of works, the new plant will employ 85 people, while once construction is completed of the five production lines, it will employ 300 workers. For the production of natural stone composite, the plant will use quartz sand from the nearby Lipik area, and cement from the cement factory in Našice. 95% of the products will be exported. Terastone Croatia is owned by the Italian company Breton, and by the Croatian PFG Consulting. (9Colonne)