BIMAL is the best at Production of food products



At the ceremony “100 The Biggest in B&H”, BIMAL Brčko was among the 2.3% of B&H companies with above-average business results.

At the 37th “100 The Biggest in B&H” ceremony, BIMAL Brčko received the first place award for revenue in the branch of “Production of food products”. According to the business results from 2023, in the category of large companies, BIMAL Brčko is in 28th place for export and 48th place for revenue.

Mr. Ševal Suljkanović, executive director of the company BIMAL for economic affairs, accepted the award on behalf of the company at the award ceremony.

“Our company, like all large companies that do serious business in Bosnia and Herzegovina, constantly faces challenges but also works to overcome them. We are aware that the development of domestic industry is crucial for our economy, especially in a turbulent time, such as today, in which global circumstances are not favorable to small countries with weak economies. This recognition means a lot to us: the 2023 business year was not easy for the food or other industries. We continue to work on being the first in our field and to send the best from Bosnia and Herzegovina to foreign markets as well as our own. We would like to thank the organizers of this project, which gives additional motivation to BH businessmen not to give up and to push forward the development of the country,” said Mr. Suljkanović.

The traditional recognition event for the “100 The Biggest in Bosnia and Herzegovina” was held on September 26, 2024 in Sarajevo. This most respectable business event in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the 37th time in a row, was organized by Poslovne novine, in partnership with the Foreign Trade Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Business newspapers ranked companies in small, medium, and large categories based on revenue, exports, profit, and number of employees. Only 2.3% of the total number of companies in BiH, or 929 of them, were ranked among the 100 largest in BiH, with above-average business results. The rankings were made based on the final accounts for the year 2023, which the companies submitted to the competent agencies in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Srpska, and the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The awarding evening was preceded by the “ESG IMPULS 2024” conference, which gathered more than 400 participants.

BIMAL Brčko, the only edible oil factory in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is a member of the BIMAL Group, a leading producer of edible oils in the Western Balkans region and a leader among exporters of refined oils from the region of Southeast Europe.

The company BIMAL Brčko will support ŽOK BIMAL Jedinstvo in the following competition seasons

BIMAL Brčko and BIMAL Jedinstvo will sign a new sponsorship contract

Brčko, 7 August 2024. The women’s volleyball club Jedinstvo from Brcko will bear the name of BMICAL from Brcko for the next competitive season. This was decided after a meeting held at the premises of the BIMAL Brčko company, which was attended by the president of the ŽOK BIMAL Jedinstvo Esad Omerhodžić and the club director Saša Grekulović, on the one hand, and the director of Corporate Communications of STUDEN Holding, Nataša Pucar, on the other.

“There is no future of sports in our city without healthy, sporty, young people, and BIMAL Jedinstvo cares for all age categories – from female pioneers to senior women. That is why, for successful sports results and healthy youth, continuous support for sports and this club is necessary. In order for them to be able to devote themselves to training, preparations, matches and essential sports, and not to existential issues, we have decided to be the general sponsor of BIMAL Unity this year as well. This cooperation has been going on since the 2013/2014 competition. year and for more than 10 seasons we are the proud champions of volleyball in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” said Nataša Pucar, Director of Corporate Communications.

Senior team ŽOK BIMAL Unity competition 2023/2024. she finished the year in second place in the table of the BiH Championship. They were vice-champions in the Cup of Republika Srpska and in the Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Last season, the juniors finished third in the Republika Srpska and sixth at the BiH level. The female cadets reached the finals of the Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina championships, while the female pioneers played the first matches in the Republika Srpska championship in their age category.

“Sports in the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina have been in a difficult situation for several years. We felt it strongly on our skin. We were also in a really difficult financial situation, but thanks to persistence, as well as our general sponsor, we managed to overcome this crisis period. Unfortunately, that cost us the title of champion of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We are the only club in the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina that paid taxes at a time when many clubs shut down or withdrew from the Premier League competitions. This season, we will again focus on returning the title of BiH champion to Brčko, and the extension of the sponsorship contract with the BIMAL company will certainly contribute to that,” said Esad Omerhodžić, President of the Management Board of ŽOK BIMAL Jedinstvo Brčko.

ŽOK BIMAL Jedinstvo currently has 154 registered players in all categories, and the club’s intention is to bring reinforcements before the start of the new competitive season, which the public will be informed about later.

BIMAL d.d. invests more than 5 million marks in the construction of a protein meal factory

BIMAL Brčko and the District Government signed an agreement on the purchase of a public plot within the area of ​​AIK.

Ilija Studen, general manager of BIMAL dd Brčko district BiH and Zijad Nišić, mayor of Brčko district BiH, signed today in Councilors in Brčko Agreement on the sale of real estate through a special negotiation. The word is about the plot of land located within the Agro-Industrial Complex (AIK) u Brčko, where member companies of STUDEN&Co Holding operate. It’s a contract worth 345,637.33 KM, according to the market assessment of the Brčko Finance Directorate district of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The company plans to invest more than 5 million KM in this plot construction of a highly automated warehouse for oilseed meal.

“Our plan is to build a modern automated pellet storage on this plot, which is completely surrounded by buildings already owned by STUDEN&Co Holding, as a completely closed system, which would be directly filled with pellets from of our existing oilseed processing plant in BIMAL. Although it is the earlier estimate of the investment was from 2 to 3 million KM, by increasing the projected capacity and the level of automation, the investment according to the new projection is above 5 million KM. The facility will have the possibility of simultaneous loading and unloading and will be in in accordance with all international standards in the production of animal feed. Satisfied We are glad that the Assembly, the Government and the Mayor of the Brčko District of BiH recognized the potential of this investment, which will bring new jobs, provide better coverage of the local market with animal feed, increase the export of animal feed from BiH, indirectly contribute to a greater inflow of budget funds from the Brčko economy, and positively influence the increase in GDP”, said Ilija Studen, general director of BIMAL dd

The BIMAL company turned to the Government of the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina with a request for purchase subject plots in 2019. years. The plot was neglected and unused for years and the local and business community did not benefit from it. Considering that the plot is positioned along the internal industrial track, and that it has the possibility of unhindered maneuvering with the entire composition of wagons, will become a fully utilized and functionally connected part of the complete production process of the company
BIMAL.

“The agro-industrial complex in Brčko is a functionally connected entity in which the leading business entities of the food industry in the Brčko District of BiH operate, but also in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a whole. The plot in question will be shot by the construction of a warehouse get full economic valorization, because as an independent entity it did not represent an economically interesting locality, nor is there a road infrastructure present to it which is not part of our business premises. By including this area in our system, the operational efficiency of the entire industrial zone will increase”, said director Studen.

The company BIMAL Brčko is a leader in the food industry in BiH and one of the regional ones leader in oil production. It currently employs 300 workers, while in The agro-industrial complex as a whole employs 600 workers.

Federal Minister Kemal Hrnjić visited the Agro-Industrial Complex in Brčko

The Federal Minister of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry, Mr. Kemal Hrnjić, with his colleagues, as part of his today’s visit to the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina, also visited the only domestic edible oil factory – BIMAL Brčko.

The general director of the BIMAL Brčko company, Mr. Ilija Studen, and the executive director for economic affairs, Mr. Ševal Suljkanović, spoke with Minister Hrnjić about the current situation on the oilseed market, with an emphasis on those that are processed in the only edible oil factory in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the rapeseed harvest has just been completed, with a high-quality yield, and this year’s yields of soybeans and
sunflowers will be good.

At the meeting, it was pointed out that BIMAL Brčko, as a proud domestic producer, fully meets the needs of the domestic market, and that it has been a leader in the oil industry in the region for years. The importance of domestic production, which is most recognized in crises, was also emphasized. This was seen during the period of COVID and the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, when the world was left without basic food products, and only those who had their own domestic production, including our country, were safe. That is why BIMAL always focuses on supplying the domestic market first, and only then the export market.

They also discussed the good cooperation that BIMAL has with domestic farmers, primarily through the Institute for the Improvement and Development of Oilseeds (IRUP). Incentive measures in agriculture were also praised, and the good relations that the company has with the expert services of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry were highlighted. The ministry’s work on activities aimed at increasing the area under agricultural crops was also praised.

Minister Hrnjić, accompanied by Mr. Studen and Mr. Suljkanović, also visited the plants in the Agro-Industrial Complex of STUDEN&Co Holding in Brčko – from the silos and reception of oilseeds to the oil bottling plant, expressing his satisfaction with what he saw.

Oilseed Day held in Brčko: Agricultural potential of BiH – can we resist imported food?

The Institute for the Development and Improvement of Agriculture – IRUP Brčko and the BIMAL company held the Day of Oilseeds on the topic “Agricultural potential of BiH – can we resist imported food”.

The natural potential of Bosnia and Herzegovina, agricultural incentives as well as cooperation with large producers such as the BIMAL company can be key elements in the fight against excessive food imports in the previous period.

“Domestic producers encounter a large number of different administrative and economic challenges every day, however, in cooperation with institutes such as ours and by connecting farmers with government representatives, we try to find common solutions that will help highlight the importance of domestic production and therefore affect the reduction of food imports” pointed out Azelea Suljkanović, director of IRUP Brčko.

Suljkanović emphasized that she is particularly pleased that for the nineteenth time in a row IRUP and the company BIMAL dd have traditionally gathered over 150 agricultural producers and officials on the Day of Oilseeds. This event is a unique opportunity to share experiences and to talk about why it is important to improve domestic agricultural production because when there are major economic crises such as the COVID crisis or now the conflict in Ukraine, then we see that food imports significantly affect prices final products. Having your own domestic production means resisting large price fluctuations and preserving your market, and consequently your consumers.

“Farmers at such an event have the opportunity to communicate directly with government representatives and get answers to questions that are of great importance for their business and survival in difficult market conditions,” said Suljkanović.

Panel participants were representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Department of Agriculture of the Brčko District, and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Posavina County along with the organizer of agricultural production. Through the discussion and interaction of the participants, it was concluded that producers can be stimulated by planning production and various incentives and subsidies so that in BiH market reduced food imports.