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The history of the company is best explained by the current owner, Ivan Garbas. The beginning of the story of the modern KOPS PRO d.o.o. and the beginning of my career dates back to the year 2000, when I was employed at Rimal d.o.o., Grosuplje. The company lost 65% of its business overnight and, despite all efforts, ended up in bankruptcy. The opportunity presented itself to take over a business we had mastered and start from scratch with a team of 7 people. We developed various projects, our main client was a company from Germany with whom we are still working today. In addition to production, we have also engaged in the joint development of finished products with them. In 2002, we made a conscious decision to expand our customer base. This also meant the development of new products, all in the metal industry.

This was followed by the purchase of our first premises in 2003 and a simultaneous increase in the number of employees. In 2006, with the continuous increase in production volumes and the resulting lack of space, the opportunity arose to purchase the majority of the existing KOPS company. This also provided us with additional staff and the existing production and sales organisation.

In 2007, we started the process of optimisation, merging programmes and investing in new machinery. Together with the acquisition, we also expanded our production capacity with powder coating technology. We inherited an older, smaller paint shop, which we modernised over the years. The 2008 crisis saw a 30% drop in turnover, an experience which proved once again that we needed to increase and broaden our customer portfolio and thus increase our resilience to potential crises. We have done this systematically, in particular through the development of new products. We have developed and marketed a range of products for garage fittings and catering equipment under the KOPA brand. The results of these efforts and activities can be seen today, when we have an expanding range of finished products which we sell worldwide.

Today, we are thinking and acting in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way, while pursuing the goals of systematically increasing our presence on the global market, expanding our sales network, optimising all business processes, and continuing to digitise and modernise our production.

We put our own employees, our customers and the environment first, knowing that only satisfied employees make for satisfied customers and a clean environment, which we want to bequeath to future generations.