Week of Festivities in Croatia! Lunch and Gala Dinner with Ines and Boris
January 18, 2022
Last week our CEO, Boris Miksic and his wife Ines hosted a New Year’s Gala Dinner party in Hotel Westin in Zagreb. They invited their guests to enjoy together a wonderful evening and to celebrate together the start of 2023. Gala dinner was held on 17th floor of famous Zagreb's hotel where are guests could enjoy amazing panorama view of the city. The goal was to gather our teams from Cortec® Europe Zagreb office as well as CorteCros® office, together with our dear business partners and friends. Guests enjoyed lovely evening with Zagreb’s delicious cuisine, wine and music. Events like these are very special occasion to chat and catch up as well as enjoy Zagreb’s Christmas atmosphere together.
In his speech, Boris thanked our Croatian team for their excellent work and business results. He mentioned how 15 years ago we were at the very beginning and few people believed in our story. Today, Croatia has become of the main strategic points of Cortec® Corporation for this part of the world. With three production plants on both sides of the country, we are exporting our products not only all over Europe but the whole world. As Boris said in his speech, Croatian team has come a long way with strong vision and hard work. He thanked all guests that were present among which were our partners from universities. Cortec’s collaboration with scientific community has always been important. Especially fun moment was when Boris and Ines were gifted “Sestinska nosnja” which is an old authentic national costume from Zagreb’s region. The Sestina national costume belongs to the most picturesque Croatian costumes of exceptional value. Thanks to the rich embroidery an vividness of the costume itself, it is known all over the world. Dating from 19th century it is very specific because of its design and hand sewing methods. Original Sestina national costume is very rare and hard to get which makes it even more valuable.
At the event, the singer with the guitar was preforming Croatian songs from all Croatian regions. He was granting song-wishes from Boris and our guests so everyone was singing and ordering songs which are dear to their hart! Few days after in Beli Manastir, another festive lunch with Ines and Boris was held for our EcoCortec team. Boris thanked everyone in Beli plant for their dedication and valuable work. After 17 years of successful business and continuous growth, EcoCortec® expanded one more time this fall. Two new production facilities are now located near the existing plant, polymer processing facility and regranulation facility. For that occasion, Grand opening was held and we welcomed guests from 17 countries, including distributors, business partners, politicians, suppliers and many others.
Boris reminded everyone how important our team spirit is and that it is one of the reasons why EcoCortec is constantly growing. In the end everyone enjoyed nice atmosphere and always delicious Baranja’ specialties. EcoCortec®, from its humble beginnings is on a strong path to become the biggest plant for the production of green anticorrosion films in Europe. With production facility and warehouse in Split, supported with Zagreb sales and marketing offices, Croatia is proudly one of the focus strategical points of Cortec® Corporation. Products manufactured in our plants are used worldwide by the largest manufacturers in the automotive industry, as well as other multinational companies. Our teams are full of optimism for the upcoming year, led by Boris’s vision of becoming largest green anticorrosion manufacturer in this part of the world!
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