Public call for OHIS sale announced



The Ministry of Economy announced Friday a public call for the sale of 76.575 percent of organic-chemical industry "Naum Naumovski-Borce" Skopje (OHIS).

One of the criteria for the bidders is for their individual or consolidated revenues in 2009, 2010 and 2011 to exceed EUR 2 million for each year.

Bids are to be submitted by May 30. For more details, one can turn to the Ministry of Economy website www.economy.gov.mk.

When selecting the most favorable bidder, most points are given for the company's solvency, investments in first five years, number of new jobs in first three years, as well as offered price per share.

Minister Valon Saraqini recently said two Bulgarian and one domestic company have shown interest for the loss-making company. In order to make the plant more attractive for investors, the Government has turned on several occasions OHIS's debts to the state into shares.