Made in Croatia

One of the sculptures created by Ivan Meštrović, the Croatian master sculptor, was sold yesterday at an auction in Paris held by the Christie's auction house, for more than six times over the expected price! The auction house's website shows that. You can see that their estimate of the price is in the range between 30 and 50 thousand euros, while the final price for which it sold stood at a whopping 331,600 euros! Ivan Meštrović is probably the most famous Croatian sculptor and one of the most famous artists of the 20th century, with his sculptures displayed all over…

As Poslovni Dnevnik/Suzana Varosanec writes on the 28th of November, 2019, the Zagreb-based IT company Aduro Idea (Aduro Ideja) presented a brand new business solution for renters and private users in Zagreb. The product is a smart lock called the NCF SmartLock. Digitising the process allows front doors to be opened via a smartphone (or with an unlock code), giving renters a tool that allows guests to open the door by sending what is known as a digital key. It is given for a fixed period of time, and after it expires, the door can no longer be opened. Aduro…

November 28, 2019 - TCN meets the modern masters of Trogir in our latest series. First up, the red coral king Marin Miše of Mišel jewelry. Earlier this week the town of Trogir unveiled a new branding strategy, visual identity, and promotional video, becoming the first coastal destination in Croatia to use branding at such a serious and professional level. The result of the creative process is the slogan “Marked by Masters”, influenced by the continuity of life in Trogir for over 3600 years, the great masters who have operated in Trogir since the Middle Ages, and the indelible…

Marin Bek, electrical engineer and co-founder of Ascalia and Kraken Systems, reflects on his life and success for Generacija NOW, a Hrvatski telekom project, in the form of a recent letter to his younger self. After graduating from FER (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing), he moved to America and found a job there, but eventually returned to Čakovec, Croatia. Today, at age 33, he runs two very successful companies. When he was a kid in elementary school, he was dismantling TVs and burning things. And it was obvious to everyone that he wouldn’t study history but…

As Glas Istre writes on the 25th of November, 2019, due to its impressive 100 percent growth in sales in fifteen countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the Croatian company ''Bijeli svijet'' (White world), in competition with more than a hundred companies from all over the world, has won yet another prestigious award. The global corporation LG Electronics has awarded Bijeli svijet with the ''Outstanding Growth Performance'' award for the fastest growth in 2019. ''Although we come from little Croatia, we're just one of more than a hundred partners of the Korean LG corporation, and for the second year running…

November 25, 2019 - The European Commission announced that Pag cheese is enrolled in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications Index.hr writes that the process of protecting the name "Pag cheese”, or what you may know better as ‘Paški sir’, began in July 2017, when the Pag Cheese Producers' Association on the island of Pag submitted a request to the Ministry of Agriculture for its protection.  The Republic of Croatia now has 24 agricultural and food products registered in the European Union as a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication. With Pag…

As Novac/Ilija Matanovic writes on the 24th of November, 2019, lately it has become somewhat difficult for a week to pass without a story popping up somewhere about the truly amazing Mate Rimac and his company: the latest, published in the British automotive magazine Autocar, says that Mate Rimac is set to open an R&D (research and development) centre in the UK. This information was confirmed today by Rimac Automobili for Jutarnji list, with emphasis being place on the fact that the whole story is still in its very early planning stages, which means that no specific details are yet…

As Novac/Adriano Milovan writes on the 22nd of November, 2019, the Croatian Discography Association (HDU) and Poslovna spajalica have designed a new application "It's Time for Digital" (Vrijeme je za digital) which will provide insights into key information in the music industry at any time, and should, as they are convinced within the discography association, represent the new Croatian export trump card. The new application, as they explained from HDU, will be a channel to follow for authors, performers, musicians and record labels, since it will give a transparent account of everything that is happening on the Croatian music scene…

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 22nd of November, 2019, a young team of experts from the Croatian IT company IDE3 has created an electronic voting system - FairVotes. The system is intended for anyone who holds elections within their organisations, and non-profit and humanitarian organisations can use it for free. As stated, the Croatian IT company IDE3 d.o.o. designed the FairVotes electronic voting system to make it easier for everyone within their organisations to make the election and voting process easier, more cost-effective, and safe and transparent all at the same time. As the CEO of the company Ivan…

As Poslovni Dnevnik/Sergej Novosel Vuckovic writes on the 22nd of November, 2019, entrepreneur Goran Mačinko has launched the only production of paper straws in Croatia and the region, which from 2021 will have to be used instead of plastic in the European Union. As a partner in Antela, 150,000 euros has now been invested, and the eco straws are already present in some retail chains, and will also be in hotels in Istria. They look ''real'', and they are ''real'', and the future is already being produced right here with the production of paper straws in Croatia. The 31-year-old entrepreneur…