Editing Slovakia (section)

=== Industry ===
{{See also|Automotive industry in Slovakia}}
[[File:Kia-factory-slovakia.jpg|thumb|left|[[Kia]]'s car production plant in [[Žilina]]]]

Although Slovakia's GDP comes mainly from the tertiary (services) sector, the industrial sector also plays an important role within its economy. The main industry sectors are [[Automotive industry in Slovakia|car manufacturing]] and [[electrical engineering]]. Since 2007, Slovakia has been the world's largest producer of cars per capita,<ref name=Kia>{{cite web |url=http://www.industryweek.com/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=16083 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171010140003/http://www.industryweek.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 October 2017 |title=Slovak Car Industry Production Almost Doubled in 2007 |publisher=Industryweek.com |date=9 April 2008 |access-date=16 October 2010 }}</ref> with a total of 1,090,000 cars manufactured in the country in 2018 alone.<ref name="automagazin.sk">{{cite web|url=https://automagazin.sk/2019/01/13/na-slovensku-sa-v-roku-2018-vyrobil-rekordny-pocet-aut/|title=Na Slovensku sa v roku 2018 vyrobil rekordný počet áut|date=13 January 2019|access-date=1 May 2019|archive-date=7 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107223502/https://automagazin.sk/2019/01/13/na-slovensku-sa-v-roku-2018-vyrobil-rekordny-pocet-aut/|url-status=live}}</ref> 275,000 people are employed directly and indirectly
by the automotive industry.<ref name="sario.sk">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ta3.com/clanok/1173431.html|title=Slovensko ostáva svetovým lídrom. Zverejnili, koľko vyrobilo áut|website=TA3.com}}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> There are currently four automobile assembly plants, with a fifth under construction: [[Volkswagen]]'s in [[Bratislava]] (models: [[Volkswagen Up]], [[Volkswagen Touareg]], [[Audi Q7]], [[Audi Q8]], [[Porsche Cayenne]], [[Lamborghini Urus]]), [[PSA Peugeot Citroën]]'s in [[Trnava]] (models: [[Peugeot 208]], [[Citroën C3 Picasso]]), [[Kia Motors]]' [[Kia Design and Manufacturing Facilities#Žilina Plant|Žilina Plant]] (models: [[Kia Cee'd]], [[Kia Sportage]], [[Kia Venga]]) and [[Jaguar Land Rover]]'s in [[Nitra]] (model: [[Land Rover Defender]], [[Land Rover Discovery#Third generation (L462; 2017–present)|Land Rover Discovery]]). [[Volvo]] will make electric cars at a new plant at the east of Slovakia, construction began in 2023 in [[Košice]], with series production starting in 2026.<ref>{{cite news |title=Volvo is coming, Slovakia to end up with fifth carmaker |date=2022-07-01 |work=[[The Slovak Spectator]] |url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22951744/volvo-is-coming-slovakia-will-get-the-fifth-carmaker.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220161147/https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22951744/volvo-is-coming-slovakia-will-get-the-fifth-carmaker.html |archive-date=20 February 2023 |access-date=8 November 2022 }}</ref> [[Hyundai Mobis]] in [[Žilina]] is the largest suppliers for the automotive industry in Slovakia.<ref name="etrend.sk">{{cite web|url=https://www.etrend.sk/trend-archiv/rok-2018/cislo-23/inteligentne-riesenia-pre-internu-logistiku.html|title=Takto funguje fabrika, v ktorej sa vyrába takmer polovica z každého auta žilinskej Kie|date=23 June 2018|access-date=10 May 2019|archive-date=10 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510153851/https://www.etrend.sk/trend-archiv/rok-2018/cislo-23/inteligentne-riesenia-pre-internu-logistiku.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The electronics manufacturing industry also thrives. [[Foxconn]] has a factory at [[Nitra]] for [[LCD television|LCD TV]] manufacturing, [[Samsung Group|Samsung]] at [[Galanta]] for [[computer monitor]]s and television sets manufacturing. Steel producer [[U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o.|U. S. Steel]] in [[Košice]] is the largest employer in the east of Slovakia with 12,000 employees.

[[ESET]] is an IT security company from Bratislava with more than 1,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/eset-achieves-another-milestone-more-1000-employees-globally |title=ESET Achieves Another Milestone: More Than 1000 Employees Globally |publisher=PressReleasePoint |access-date=23 April 2015 |archive-date=11 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911042224/http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/eset-achieves-another-milestone-more-1000-employees-globally |url-status=live }}</ref> employees worldwide at present. Their branch offices are in the United States, Ireland, United Kingdom, Argentina, the [[Czech Republic]], [[Singapore]] and Poland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eset.com/me/about/profile/history/|title=About ESET: Company Profile: History|publisher=ESET|access-date=1 July 2011|archive-date=29 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929040632/http://www.eset.com/me/about/profile/history/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In recent years, [[Tertiary sector of the economy|service]] and [[High tech|high-tech]]-oriented businesses have prospered in Bratislava. Many global companies, including [[IBM]], [[Dell]], [[Lenovo]], [[AT&T]], [[SAP AG|SAP]], and [[Accenture]], have built [[outsourcing]] and service centres here.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency |url=http://www.sario.sk/?news&novinka=58 |title=Lenovo invests in Slovakia with new jobs |date=20 April 2006 |access-date=25 April 2007 |archive-date=17 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217183957/http://www.sario.sk/?news&novinka=58 |url-status=live }}. {{cite web |publisher=Dell |url=http://www.job.dell.sk/buxus/generate_page.php?page_id=398 |title=Dell in Bratislava |year=2007 |access-date=25 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927191504/http://www.job.dell.sk/buxus/generate_page.php?page_id=398 |archive-date=27 September 2007 }}</ref> Reasons for the influx of [[Multinational corporation|multi-national corporations]] include proximity to Western Europe, skilled labour force and the high density of universities and research facilities.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Regional Polarization under Transition: The Case of Slovakia |first=Vladimír |last=Baláž |year=2007 |journal=European Planning Studies |volume=15 |issue=5 |pages=587–602 |doi=10.1080/09654310600852639|bibcode=2007EurPS..15..587B |s2cid=154927365 }}</ref> Other large companies and employers with headquarters in Bratislava include [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], [[Slovak Telekom]], [[Orange Slovensko]], [[Slovenská sporiteľňa]], [[Tatra banka]], [[Doprastav]], [[Hewlett-Packard]] Slovakia, [[Henkel]] Slovensko, [[Slovenský plynárenský priemysel]], [[Microsoft]] Slovakia, [[Mondelez International|Mondelez Slovakia]], [[Whirlpool Corporation|Whirlpool Slovakia]] and [[Zurich Insurance Group]] Slovakia.

Bratislava's geographical position in Central Europe has long made Bratislava a crossroads for [[international trade]] traffic.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|url=http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9273337/Bratislava,-Slovakia|title=Bratislava in Encyclopædia Britannica|year=2007|access-date=30 April 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012145432/http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9273337/Bratislava,-Slovakia|archive-date=12 October 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=City of Bratislava |url=http://www.visit.bratislava.sk/en/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=700014&id=1088&p1=1800 |title=MIPIM 2007 – Other Segments |year=2007 |access-date=30 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611190123/http://visit.bratislava.sk/en/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=700014&id=1088&p1=1800 |archive-date=11 June 2007}}</ref> Various ancient [[trade route]]s, such as the [[Amber Road]] and the [[Danube]] waterway, have crossed territory of present-day Bratislava. Today, Bratislava is a road, railway, waterway and airway hub.<ref name="transport">{{cite web|publisher=City of Bratislava |url=http://www.visit.bratislava.sk/en/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=700014&id=1047&p1=1815 |title=Transport and Infrastructure |year=2007 |access-date=12 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611185402/http://visit.bratislava.sk/en/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=700014&id=1047&p1=1815 |archive-date=11 June 2007}}</ref>