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Hrvatska; Kontinentalna Hrvatska; Karlova ka županija
Location of affected unit(s)
Karlovac
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture of machinery and equipment Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
100 - 105 jobs Number of planned job losses
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 May 2025
Employment effect (start)
4 May 2025
Foreseen end date
31 December 2025
Description
Feal, an aluminium profile manufacturer from Široki Brijeg in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is opening its first factory in Croatia in Karlovac, where it will employ 100 workers by the end of 2025. The new factory is located in the local business zone and covers an area of more than 17,000 m².
The factory enables the introduction of an advanced production line for pressing, plasticising, and mechanical processing of aluminium profiles. This increases the production capacity of the Feal Group to a total of 85,000 tons per year. Karlovac is selected because it has friendly and supportive authorities, a strong industrial history, and many metal, electrical, chemical, and mechanical engineering workers.
The investment, worth €32 million, was financed with the company’s funds, and construction took about two years. The Karlovac factory was built following the highest sustainability standards, and the facility uses an advanced industrial water recycling system, a solar power plant, and systems for monitoring and optimising energy efficiency. The company provides scholarships for higher professional training, primarily for engineers in mechanical engineering, architecture, construction, economics, and law.
Feal cooperates with numerous companies, and over 80% of the production is exported to Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Eurofound (2025), FEAL, Business expansion in Croatia, factsheet number 202718, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202718.
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