Mr Oto Marovt founded
the company in hired premises in Vitanje – forged parts production was the main activity
History tradition
The Marovt company was founded in 1971 by Mr Oto Marovt in Vitanje – in the valley with a centuries-old forging tradition – the place with the first iron works dating back to the 18th century. Today the Noordung Space Center is located in this place.Passion and work commitment as well as the fact that we all employees believe in what we do – all that has been leading us since the humble beginning till now. We never give up and we analyze every problem carefully and strive to solve it with join efforts.Passion for the technological development has always been guiding us in the process of development and we always wanted to be the first to test novelties, sometimes even too early; however, we can proudly announce that this is it what has been motivating us since ever.The company has expanded the production to three locations in three towns: Stranice, Loče and Slovenska Bistrica.
Important milestones of the Marovt company:
1971
1977
1st own production hall at Stranice
location was finished, machines were moved and the production was launched
1977
1978
A machine for the production
of forging tools was bought and our own tool-making factory was launched
1980
Mrs Olga Marovt
Mr Oto Marovt’s wife – joined the company and started to manage finances and accounting
1980
1988
Modernization of forging tools
production with technological procedures – the beginning of precision forging
1990
Foreign markets penetration,
the 1st customer abroad (in Germany) was gained and the production of forged parts for the foreign automotive industry was launched
1990
1992
The Marovt Ltd. Company
was founded and business operation was transferred to the new company
1993
The company started
to export its products to North America
1993
1994
The 1st participation at the development
of a forged part for the automotive industry – the development of a forged part and later a serial production
1996
The Loče plant
was purchased and machining of forged parts was launched
1996
1999
The production of turning parts
was launched in Loče plant and the complete reconstruction of forged parts production in Stranice
1999
The 2nd generation of the Marovt family
took over the management – Mr Tomaž Marovt
1999
2000
The award of the Slovene Chamber of Economy
for exceptional entrepreneurial achievements for small companies for Marovt d.o.o.
2002
The forged parts production was expanded
by purchasing the first hydraulic hammer
2002
2004
We won the flattering and the best award in Slovenia
called Gazela for the Savinja and Zasavje valleys, as being one of fast-growing companies for years
2007
A new production hall
for the completion of forged parts was erected in Stranice
2007
2008
Becoming TIER 1 -
the company started to supply its products directly to automotive producers
2012
A new hall in Loče
was erected where machining of larger forged parts was launched
2012
2013
The launch of the production
and machining of stainless forged parts
2014
The beginning of the participation
at the development of stainless forged parts for internal combustion engines and in Stranice a totally new machining plant was launched as well as the production of forged parts was expanded
2014
2015
The 1st production digitalization
two new companies joined our company – Inkolteh (production digitalization) in Mteh (production automatization and in robotization)
2016
A modern MES system
was introduced at all three production plants
2016
2017
An important milestone in the field of automatization
– the number of robots exceeded 10 % of employees
2018
The production at the new location in Slovenska Bistrica
was built and launched – machining of forged parts
2018
