When you look at any LED billboard, there's a high probability the panels it's made of were constructed in the Leyard factory in the Slovakian town of Prešov. The company is a market leader in LED panel making.

Up to 200 highly-skilled workers make the LED panels in Prešov. Most panels made here end up on walls from Europe to the United States. 

The Leyard factory here is another example of a Chinese company that first established itself in Slovakia, and is now expanding its production capacities in the country.

Recently, Chinese automaker Geely started work on a billion-dollar project for the construction of a Volvo brand factory in the town of Košice. 

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In Leyhard's factory, where every day hundreds of LED panels are made, each one must pass through the hands of a number of workers before it's shipped to the end customer. The demand for these panels is so overwhelming that the factory needs to produce them 24/7.

The company achieves an annual turnover of around $80million. It's a reason for pride, even in Slovakia's parliament where its speaker Boris Kollar praised the company's success as a great step towards the expansion of Sino-Slovak relations.

"I think that in order to move these relations forward, we must not play politics and see China as some kind of enemy but as a partner. Slovakia clearly recognizes the policy of 'one China'," Kollar told CGTN. "That needs to be said and I want to say it here on camera as well."

Slovakia is a small country in central Europe with a strong industrial base. It's an advantage that its government is happy to offer foreign investors, as František Fečke, Leyard Europe's chief operating officer, confirms to CGTN.

"We have good co-operation with the Slovakian government and they are supporting us," said Fečke. "We are in close co-operation, continuously with them about the support for R&D and the other activities we are planning to do here in Slovakia."

Future plans for the factory include creating a new department in charge of designing new products. It would result in more jobs created for the highly-skilled workforce, more investments and more revenue for the country's budget.

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