Metal and Electro

Serbia Export acts as a coordination platform that integrates manufacturers, engineering companies, and industrial service providers into a unified delivery model, enabling reliable supply, customized production, and implementation of complex industrial systems across multiple sectors.

Sector Overview

The Metal and Electro Industry is one of Serbia’s largest manufacturing and export sectors, generating more than €7–8 billion in annual exports and employing over 150,000 people.

The sector includes metal processing, steel and copper production, industrial machinery, electrical equipment, automotive components, electronics manufacturing, structural metal products, and industrial engineering services. Serbia is particularly recognized for copper production, metal processing, and integration into European industrial supply chains.

Supported by engineering expertise, industrial infrastructure, and export-oriented manufacturing capacities, the sector supplies construction, automotive, energy, telecommunications, mining, and industrial markets.

Ferrous and non-ferrous metals production

(steel, aluminium, copper)

Production includes steel products, aluminium processing, refined copper products, metal refining, and industrial raw materials for construction, automotive, energy, and manufacturing industries.

Metal processing & fabrication

(sheets, pipes, profiles, casting…)

The sector produces metal sheets, pipes, structural profiles, precision components, castings, forgings, and fabricated metal products for industrial and infrastructure applications.

Machinery and industrial equipment manufacturing

Production includes industrial machinery, production lines, mechanical systems, agricultural equipment, construction equipment, energy systems, and customized industrial solutions.

Electrical equipment & components

(motors, transformers, wiring…)

The sector produces electric motors, transformers, wiring systems, switchgear, power distribution equipment, and electrical components for industrial, automotive, energy, and infrastructure projects.

Electronics manufacturing

(consumer/ industrial electronics, circuit boards)

Activities include electronic design, PCB production, industrial electronics, SMT assembly, prototyping, testing, and electronics manufacturing for automotive, telecommunications, energy, and industrial sectors.

Metal furniture and structural metal products

Production includes office and industrial metal furniture, shelving systems, urban equipment, steel frameworks, prefabricated metal structures, railings, and structural metal components.

Tools, hardware & fasteners

(industrial tools, screws, bolts, fittings)

The sector produces industrial tools, screws, bolts, fittings, fastening systems, and assembly components for construction, machinery, automotive, and industrial applications.

R&D, technical consulting & engineering services

Services include industrial design, prototyping, engineering consulting, testing, automation systems, materials engineering, process optimization, and technical supervision for industrial and infrastructure projects.