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Sava flows through time natisni E-pošta

What is the source of Sava? The source is two-fold: the beginning in 1920 and its enterprising way of thinking how to run the technological progress in an applicable product that meets customer requirements. There were four partners of the company Vulkan; Franc and Peter Šumi, both merchants in Kranj, Alojz Pirc, technician in Kranj, and Jožko Veber, merchant in Zali Log, who as early as in 1921 were manufacturing rubber soles. In a nine decades a small local company has grown into the Sava Group with diversified operations ranging from rubber manufacturing, tourism, real estate to financial investments.

1920
ATLANTA – Import and Export company is established in Kranj.
1921
The company Atlanta renames VULKAN.
1931 The ownership of the Kranj-based company VULKAN passes over to the Vienna-based company SEMPERIT.
1932
We manufacture velo tyres, industrial rubber products, rubber hoses for water conduits and gas mains, two years later moulded rubber products and at the end of the decade rubber roller covers.
1940
The sole ownership of the tyre plant in Kranj passes over to CONTINENTAL. The Kranj-based plant manufactures light automotive tyres, several hundreds of industrial rubber products, of which more than 500 rubber articles.
1946
Nationalization and change of company’s name into SAVA Rubber Products Company. Start of the serial production of automotive tires and tubes, introduction of conveyor belts and V-belts programme.
1948 The company starts to use the Sava brand name.
1954 Industrial rubber products are exported abroad.
1965 First tubeless and high-speed tyres are manufactured.
1967 The Licence agreement is concluded with Semperit.
1972 Sava-Semperit, Car Tyre Plant, starts its operation.
1974 Steel belt radial car tyres for passenger cars are manufactured.
1985 Continental purchases Semperit
in the 80-ies We compete successfully with the world known car tyre producers, and develop an integral quality model.
1992 The first SIST ISO 9001 certificate is obtained.
1995 Intensive negotiations with the Goodyear Tires & Rubber Corporation start.
1997 The Joint Venture agreement is signed by the Sava company and the Goodyear corporation.
1998
Two joint venture companies start to operate: Goodyear Engineered Products Europe d.o.o. and Sava Tires d.o.o.
1998 Sava realises investments and acquisitions (rubber manufacturing in Belinka, Golf in Kamp Bled d.d.)
1999 All programmes are certified according to the SIST ISO 9001 standard. The first VDA 6.1 certificate is obtained. Sava is listed as a finalist in the business excellence award campaign. Sava restructures its business processes.
2000 The Sava share is listed on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange. Sava celebrates its 80th anniversary.
Sava becomes the majority owner of trading companies Astra, Guma and Chemo, the chemical company Teol, the Bled-based tourism company GH Toplice and the real estate company Sava IP.
2001 Sava and its rubber manufacturing programmes obtain the environmental management certificate SIST ISO 14001, the company Golf in Kamp Bled d.d. obtains the quality certificate SIST ISO 9001:2000, while the company Grand Hotel Toplice d.o.o. obtains the certificate SIST ISO 9001:1994. At the end of the year Sava is awarded the highest recognition by the Republic of Slovenia for business excellence for the year 2001.
2002 Sava d.d. as a controlling company of the Sava Group restructures into a holding company. The rubber manufacturing business is organised in an independent company Savatech d.o.o., while trading companies Chemo, Astra, Savatech and Guma are joined into a uniform company Sava Trade.
2003 The joint stock company Sava purchases an 87.4 per cent share in the company Golf in Park Hoteli Bled d.o.o. The Board of Management of Sava adopts a revised development strategy until 2007.
2004

2005
Sava becomes a 96.65 per cent owner of Terme 3000 d.d. and, consequently, the company Radenska Zdravilišče d.o.o. In September a newly established company Ensa d.o.o. starts its business dealing with the rational use of energy and renewable energy sources.
2006
In February the Supervisory Board confirms the current Board headed by Janez Bohorič to manage Sava during another five-year mandate until 17 July 2011. The Trade division is sold and Sava thereby becomes a significant owner in the Kranj-based trading system Merkur.
In December, the Supervisory Board of Sava d.d. confirms the Integrated Strategy of the Sava Group and the company Sava d.d. for the business period 2007-2011.
2007
In March, Sava d.d. becomes the owner of a 23.8 per cent share in total capital of Abanka Vipa d.d.
In July, three Sava's tourist companies in Bled merge into one company Sava Hoteli Bled d.o.o.
In September, the 4* Grand Hotel Primus opens in Terme Ptuj.
2008
In May, the hotel Savica, the first family hotel in Slovenia, opens in Bled.
In December, the renovation of the oldest spa resort hotel Terapija in the spa resort Radenci is finished. The hotel is renamed to the hotel Izvir.
At the end of the year, the company Condor Real d.o.o. takes over the management of Vila Bled

2009
In March, the health resort Radenci officially opens the hotel Izvir.
In the same month, the company Savatech d.o.o. finishes the investment whose value amounts to several million euros: toluene adsorption system in the Print programme.
In September, Sava d.d., establishes a new company Sava Turizem – TMC, Tourism Management Company., d.o.o.

2011
In May, Savatech d.o.o. merges Sava-GTI d.o.o., which renames Moulded Products Programme.
On 22 September, Sava d.d. arranges for the celebration of its 90th anniversary in Brdo at Kranj.
In November, a new specialist clinic of occupational medicine, sport and traffic is opened in the hotel Izvir of Zdravilišče Radenci d.o.o.
2012
In February, Sava d.d. sells  its remaining 50%  share in the mixed-ownership company Sava-Schäfer d.o.o., Kranj, which produces roll covers,  to the company SchäferRolls GmbH & Co.KG. 
At the end of December, the new company Sava Turizem d.d. is entered in the register of companies; the new company includes Sava Hotels Bled, the spa 3000, the health resort Radenci, the spa Banovci and the spa Ptuj.


 
     
 
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