Trade are below average,[6] than the other Visegrád Group countries.[2][7] To develop the economic relations, a Commercial and Economic office was created in 1994.[2] In 1994, an environmental protection agreement was signed.[8]ECCO opened a production facility in 1998, in Slovakia.[9]Falck operated from 2006 in Slovakia, and opened 37 new fire stations.[10]Oxymat, has a headquarters in Slovakia.[11]