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Serbia’s steel industry in 2026: Production recovery, export integration and the future of industrial metals

March 6, 2026

The steel industry remains one of the most strategically significant segments of Serbia’s industrial economy. Despite representing a relatively concentrated segment of manufacturing, the...

Black Horse restarts production and returns to the market

March 6, 2026

The Serbian battery manufacturer Black Horse has officially restarted production at its plant in Sombor, marking the company’s return to the market and the...

Industrial production shock: Serbia’s manufacturing output drops 9.1% at the start of 2026

March 3, 2026

Serbia’s industrial cycle started 2026 with a clear downside signal as headline industrial output in January fell 9.1% year-on-year, a contraction large enough to...

Industrial production in Serbia falls 9.1% in January

February 28, 2026

Industrial production in Serbia recorded a sharp decline at the start of 2026, signaling a difficult opening month for the country’s manufacturing and energy...

Serbia’s industrial output shrinks in December as full-year production edges up slightly

January 31, 2026

Industrial production in Serbia fell by about 5.7 percent in December 2025 compared with the same month a year earlier, according to the Statistical...

Electrification pulls production east: Why Europe’s EV and advanced manufacturing demand is re-routing capital into Serbia through 2030

January 27, 2026

By the middle of the decade, Europe’s electric-vehicle transition stopped being a question of consumer adoption and became a question of industrial execution. Battery...

The hidden 2026 risk: Productivity stagnation under a green constraint

January 16, 2026

Serbia’s economic debate entering 2026 is dominated by visible variables: GDP growth, inflation, exports and energy prices. Productivity, by contrast, remains largely invisible—until it...

Tier-2 and Tier-3 component clustering in Serbia in 2025: Localising what OEMs no longer want to ship

January 12, 2026

Tier-2 and Tier-3 component clustering emerged in 2025 as one of the most structurally important, yet least headline-driven, shifts inside Serbia’s manufacturing economy. While...

Manufacturing and industrial production in Serbia in 2025: export volumes, cost pressures and the repricing of industrial value

January 12, 2026

Manufacturing and industrial production in Serbia in 2025 remained the backbone of the country’s goods exports, but the financial profile of the sector shifted...

From peripheral supplier to execution core: How South-East Europe quietly re-segments Europe’s energy value chain

January 11, 2026

Europe’s energy transition is no longer organised around geography in the traditional sense. It is reorganising around function. Design, regulation, market integration and political...

From engineering desks to steel and panels: How applied energy engineering pulls balance-of-plant manufacturing into Serbia

January 11, 2026

Applied energy engineering is rarely treated as an industrial force in its own right. In most European energy discussions, engineering appears as an overhead...

Serbia as Germany’s industrial execution engine: A corridor blueprint for machinery, metals and engineering In Europe’s tightening industrial system

January 11, 2026

Germany’s industrial system is not in decline. It is undergoing a structural tightening in which energy-price volatility, labour scarcity, permitting drag and transition CAPEX...

Technology, not compliance, will decide who survives carbon pricing in Serbian industry

January 11, 2026

When Serbia introduced dual carbon taxation starting in 2026, the immediate debate focused on numbers. At €4 per ton of CO₂ equivalent, many industrial operators initially...

Vehicles and automotive components in Serbia in 2025: Ramp-year manufacturing, export exposure and GDP impact through the supply chain

January 11, 2026

Serbia’s automotive sector in 2025 should be read as two different industries that happen to share the same label. The first is final vehicle...