Vrsac, one of the 34th 2005 European Basketball Championship host towns, is situated 85 km north-east of Belgrade, on the edge of the Pannonian plain, at the foot of the Vršac mountains, only 14 km away from the Romanian border.

The town lies on the international road Belgrade-Timisoara and one can arrive from the capital in an hour by car. Vatin, the most frequent road border crossing with Romania, is only a ten-minute drive away.

 
Vrsac is a town famous for well developed industry, especially pharmaceutical, wine and beer industry, confectionary and textile industry. The leader of Vrsac’s industry is Hemopharn group but it is the leader in the country too.

Over the past ten years it is present also in China and Russia and other countries that Hemopharm group has its representative offices. Hemopharm group is the first that initiated foundation of the Technology Park in Vrsac.
 


Vrsac is considered to be one of the most significant centers of agriculture in the region of southern Banat, which is the southern part of the province of Vojvodina. It is mainly because it has 54.000 hectares of arable and extremely fertile land in its possession.

The city itself together with 22 surrounding communities has some 56.000 residents, whose lives are closely connected with agriculture.



 
Vrsac is located 85 km from Belgrade. It lies in the Vrsacki breg valley and it is only 14 km far from Romanian border. Vrsac has a very favorable geo-strategic location.

The town lies on international road Belgrade – Timisoara. The road border crossing Vatin is just a few kilometers far from the town, while railway border crossing is in the town, at the Railway station.
 


The long-term goal of the Hemofarm Group is to be an active participant in the development of Vršac and the region at large. This includes improvement of economic strength, business contacts world-wide, regional development, and citizens' standard of living.

Experience has demonstrated that technology parks represent one of the most effective forms of assisting and promoting the development of small and medium enterprises, together with the development of new technologies in the given environment.

 
... Because this town is personified by its valuable history and tradition, surrounded by beauty of a varied landscape and depicted by works of art and all those things that give meaning to everyday life.

Vrsac is one of those towns which by its picturesque nature brings back the spirit of the ancient times, but at the same time with many newly built houses and modern buildings, streets and industrial zones itsignals that the life of a new time is pulsing in it.