Grand Opening Ceremony of New EcoCortec® Plant!
October 27, 2022
On October 11th, EcoCortec’s new plant opening took place in Beli Manastir, Croatia. This milestone of our plant was even more special as that day our CEO, Boris Miksic, celebrated his birthday. The opening ceremony was followed by numerous festivities that lasted all day and into the night. After 17 years of successful business and continuous growth, EcoCortec® expanded one more time. Two new production facilities are located near the existing plant, polymer processing facility and regranulation facility. We welcomed guests from 17 countries, including distributors, business partners, politicians, suppliers and many others. Members of the media were present to broadcast this grand event. First day, the opening ceremony took place, followed by the tour of our newly purchased plant and big celebration on numerous locations that lasted all day. On October 12th, European Strategy & Information Exchange Colloquium was held. During the exchange colloquium our guests had the opportunity to hear latest presentations with updates on currents events and projects as well as exchange valuable information and future plans and projections. The morning of the Grand Opening started with speeches and ribbon cutting. Our CEO, Boris Miksic, cut the ribbon, together with the Mayor of Beli Manastir. After few words of EcoCortec’s management and numerous guests, Boris made a touching speech where he remembered our humble beginnings and thanked everyone for their cooperation throughout the years. After the ceremony our guests were taken on a tour of EcoCortec complex, including new and old facilities. At Vinohaus, everyone tasted Boris’s wine and the crew then went to explore VinoHill, beautiful vineyard where they had the opportunity to gather fresh grapes. Of course after the walk through VinoHill everyone tasted some delicious local food and enjoyed excellent taste of Boris and Ines wines.
After that, we proceeded with main celebration and dinner at the “Baranjski Divani” in the Hotel Patria. Guests enjoyed time together, tasting always amazing Baranja’s culinary specialties, singing and dancing. Special treat was watching fireworks! On day two, guests attended colloquium that included presentations by Boris, Ivana Radic, Dijana Zrinski and Ivan Rogan, with a focus on European logistics and investment in a “green” economy. Tim Bliss from Cortec® Advanced Films (CAF) in Cambridge, MN, who had earlier shared about the ongoing 15-year relationship between EcoCortec® and CAF, talked about VpCI® Film trends in North America. Other highlights were the introduction of the European Technical Service Team, a case history session, a round table discussion, and optional in-depth training on extrusion and converting, as well as an overview of laboratory testing methods.
These inspirational and fun two days will be well remembered in our EcoCortec/Cortec family. They marked all the hard work of our team and great results that we achieved but also pointed direction that we are taking in the future, conquering new markets with our sustainable corrosion protection technology! Thank you all for coming and see you again in Beli!
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