Made in Croatia

Experts have been constantly warning people that one of the most important ways in which we can protect ourselves from contracting the new coronavirus is to maintain a safe distance from other people. One Zagreb company has an idea... As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 8th of August, 2020, this is where the small Distancer 2M device from the Zagreb company “2M Divison” comes into the question, which is registered for both production and services, and is primarily oriented towards sales and representation. This Zagreb company was supposed to begin operations in March, but due to the coronavirus crisis itself,…

As Poslovni Dnevnik/Ivan Tominac writes on the 7th of August, 2020, the Croatian company Infinity luxury is the very first in the entire world to make an outdoor portable shower with an inverted L design made of stone, ceramic or HPL that has its own power supply and as such consumes less water. Today, sustainability is the primary focus of the economy, entrepreneurship and society in general, and the main backbones of any sense of sustainability are technology and environmental protection. The connection between these two concepts is becoming the key to success today, and Infinity Luxury, a Croatian company…

As Novac writes on the 4th of August, 2020, the most popular Croatian parking application, PayDo, is currently breaking records. After months of declining sales of parking tickets, returning to the new normal and thanks to the arrival of foreign tourists, the number of 200,000 users across 77 Croatian cities is quickly approaching. The PayDo application is completely free and guarantees the availability of service in 77 Croatian cities. It allows you to pay for parking free of charge because it doesn't use an SMS protocol, and it is especially loved by tourists for whom it is often the only…

As Novac/Jozo Vrdoljak/Privredni writes on the 3rd of August, 2020, the Rasco factory in Kalinovac has produced the 300th Muvo vehicle, a multifunctional utility carrier for the maintenance of urban areas, fully designed and manufactured in Croatia. Muvo vehicles are currently cleaning and maintaining more than thirty major Croatian cities, including gorgeous coastal destinations. The vehicle is also present in almost all of Europe, as well as in Asia and even as far away as Australia. The idea of ​​adopting the production of a small universal utility vehicle was born back in 2008, and is the result of the thoughts…

The overall winner is the British company Revolut with a growth rate of 39,754 percent, but nine Croatian companies have managed to find their places on this prestigious list of the 500 fastest growing companies. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 30th of July, 2020, the UK-based Revolut is at the top of Deloitte's ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in the EMEA region, which includes Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 ™ EMEA was created by Deloitte’s global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Division, and has been running for nineteen years. Taken as a…

The highly successful Croatian IT company Infobip just keeps going from strength to strength, and the latest spring in its step will certainly push it to even higher plains and help further expansion across the Atlantic in the United States. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 30th of July, 2020, Infobip has raised over 200 million US dollars from the One Equity Partners investment fund. This is the first round of financing, according to Reuters, adding that the value of this Croatian company now stands at over a billion dollars, reports N1. This company thus became the first unicorn in…

July 29, 2020 - Sarah Milkovich Ph. D. is the Assistant Science Office Manager for the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission. My mother's maiden name was Milković (which is a common Croatian last name, to be fair), so when I noticed that in the internet community I enjoy, there was another person with that last name, I reached out to her and told her that she was probably my long lost cousin. She's most likely not, in all honesty. Still, that lead to us talking a bit more and me realizing what an awesome person I started talking to. Sarah…

As Novac writes on the 24th of July, 2020, due to the coronavirus crisis and a significant reduction in tourist consumption, the Croatian fruit and vegetable market has undergone major changes that affected supply and demand, price fluctuations have become dependent on supply and demand on the global market, and the availability of domestically produced goods is an issue. It's time for a turnaround for the Croatian agriculture sector. ''Due to climatic conditions, it is already evident that here in Croatia, there will be a decline in production of most leading fruit species (apple, mandarin, plum), while the market prices…

STEMI says that the ongoing coronavirus crisis has increased the prices of inputs by up to 20 and even 30 percent, and extended the procurement deadlines by two to three times. Croatian robots are wanted in the US! As Poslovni Dnevnik/Bernard Ivezic writes on the 21st of July, 2020 the domestic startup STEMI set off on Tuesday with the first deliveries of its robots to California, the state where the famous Silicon Valley is located. More than 50 American schools located from California to Texas and Arizona, all the way to Florida, Connecticut and New Jersey, bought some Croatian educational…

As Kazimir Skrbic/Morski writes on the 20th of July, 2020, a young marketing and IT expert from Vir, Tomislav Lukic, and his wife Matea, launched a platform to offer free marketing for all businesses on the island of Vir. In just a few days, this free web platform, the Island of Vir (otokvir.eu), managed to attract the attention of dozens of businesses located on Vir, primarily those who rent to tourists and those who own restaurants, in order to create a unique online place where users can make their own accounts and represent their businesses. In the same place, end…