IMMIGRATION MINISTER VISITS GERMAN CROAT-OWNED FACTORY

( Editorial: --> 0271 ) KONJSCINA, June 10 (Hina) - Croatian Immigration Minister Marijan Petrovic Wednesday visited Armko, a factory in the town of Konjscina, whose majority owner is a Croat entrepreneur from Germany. "After visiting several factories in southern Croatia, which were built by our returnees, today we have come to see the factory of armature nets Armko," Minister Petrovic told reporters. He asserted Armko was one of the best examples of investment on the part of Croatian immigrants. It is very important that this is a case of investing in production, Petrovic added. It is especially important for Croatia that Armko is an exporter, mainly to Austria and Slovenia, the Minister said. Two years ago Armko's majority owner Vlado Rubcic invested DM5 million in refinancing the Elektroda company. He told Hina today he had done that following an appeal the Croatian President and Premier had made to Croatian emigrants to return to their home country and invest money in manufacturing and new jobs. (hina) ha /mbr 101808 MET jun 98