SLOVENIA - In September, the Schmalz Group established its 30th location in Slovenia.

The sales company Schmalz d.o.o. is located in Vrhnika and focuses on Southeastern Europe. Bostjan Fortuna heads the new branch as managing director. The 47-year-old Slovenian previously earned his spurs as a field sales representative for Schmalz; he has a great deal of experience in sales. His team supports customers from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and Northern Macedonia with all questions regarding the complete Schmalz product portfolio. The new company thus sells components for vacuum automation as well as manual handling systems.

"With the new representative office in Slovenia, we will drive our development in the Southeast European market. For us, the establishment of the company is another important step towards achieving our growth targets," says Dr. Kurt Schmalz, Managing Director of J. Schmalz GmbH. "This will significantly shorten the routes to our customers in Southeastern Europe. This means that we can provide them with even faster and better consultation on their handling issues." As a result of the new company formation, 30 locations worldwide with around 1,800 employees now belong to the Schmalz Group.