January the 11th, 2021 - The Croatian earthquake which struck Sisak-Moslavina County has seen an outpouring of help, donations and support. Tehnix Containers, which were made in Croatia, are present in the affected Banovina area, oh, and in Antarctica.
As Vecernji list/Ivica Beti writes, two beds, a table and two chairs, a kitchen with a refrigerator and a stove, a shower, an electric boiler with a capacity of 50 litres, a sink,a toilet, electric heaters, LED ceiling lighting, air conditioning for heating and cooling, complete plumbing and electrical installations, and more.
All of the above is boasted by the housing containers designed for two people produced by the company Tehnix from Donji Kraljevec in Medjimurje County. More than ever before, there has been a need for such a quick fix for the thousands of victims of the recent Petrinja whose homes have tragically been destroyed, and they urgently needed a roof over their heads and a bed to sleep in in which they wouldn’t need to fear any new tremors. Croatian companies are ready to produce them and deliver them to the affected towns and villages.
‘’Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic clearly said that as many housing containers as possible should be delivered. He begged us to make as many of them as possible. We’re ready. We already have a finished project that we worked on for Croatian Caritas, of which we contracted a hundred pieces, as well as slightly larger housing containers with four beds, covering an area of 18 square metres. After the earthquake in Banovina, several companies engaged in this production agreed on a standard for the areas affected by the earthquake. We don’t perceive our competition to be enemies, but as friends,’’ said Djuro Horvat, the director of Tehnix.
‘’We promised to produce and deliver 200 pieces in January, and another 300 in February. We will reduce the deliveries we’ve planned for export, we’ve increased the number of working days, so we will work from 07:00 to 16:00, and even on Saturdays will be working, all in order to produce the agreed quantities and to help these people,’’ added Horvat.
150 people have been working on the production of Tehnix containers for days, and all 500 employees will now be returning from their collective vacation. Tehnix will also receive 20 workers from neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina who will also be housed in the company’s very own housing containers for the duration of the work. Otherwise, Tehnix has been making containers for more than ten years now, but mostly for export.
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