Flippers, diving suits and underwater rifles produced in a small workshop at Palmotićeva St. in Zagreb by Daniel Pintarić and his two colleagues, Marko Mišković and Vanja Peleš, are becoming increasingly popular all over the world. United States, Japan, Libya, Spain are just some of the 15 countries in which the Subcraft diving equipment company operates, producing more than 400 flippers per year, as many diving suits, as well as a dozen rifles. They launched their business five years ago and quickly gained international recognition, reports Večernji List on March 1, 2019.
“Our flippers are used by top divers, world champions, as well as ordinary divers. For example, Lidija Lijić used the Subcraft flippers when she won the gold medal at the world diving championships,” says Pintarić.
Their trademark is that they use the highest quality carbon, in combination with nanotechnology. They have also recently released new, high-tech flippers "GNP Nanotechnology", which are produced by the vacuum infusion technology from the AAA Toray carbon obtained from Japan. With just 180 grams, they are the lightest flippers in the world, which is important because that means that the diver is faster.
The diving suits they produce are tailored as to retain the maximum body heat. They will soon present the Rushgard version, designed to protect divers from the sun while floating on the surface of the water. Pintarić has been a passionate diver since his childhood, and that is why he sees the job as a hobby which also brings him nice earnings.
“I am very proud to hear that someone in our flippers swam with a big white shark seven metres in length or that someone used our diving suit to find treasure at the bottom of the sea. Of course, there are also top diving competitors, and it is a pleasure to see them use the Subcraft equipment,” says Pintarić.
Given that almost the entire production is sold abroad, a logical question to ask him is whether he has any plans to move the company overseas. “Never. I was born here, and I created my life here, so I will stay,” Pintarić says.
Translated from Večernji List (reported by Hana Ivković).
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