The company Plevnik celebrated 30 years of its activity. Together with the employees we celebrated this anniversary with team building, a short presentation of our work, acknowledgments to employees for their long-term work and contribution, a delicious cake, and, of course, champagne.
30 years ago, one of the Plevnik brothers was delivering milk in his hometown and the surrounding area. He soon realized that there wasn’t much money to be made from milk alone and that he needed something to store the milk into. So, the brothers came up with the idea of making a suitable refrigerated container or device for storing milk and making it possible to process milk at home, as this would increase the earnings made with the milk. The first products began to be created in the home garage: stable cooling tanks, portable cooling tanks, portable containers, and also the first cheese kettle – which still works today. Ambitiously they started selling their products and soon also presented them at fairs. First in home country Slovenia, at the Agra fair, and then foreign fairs followed.
In 2000, we built the first workshop in Podsmreka, where production and product development still occur today. However, we had to double the production area and even rent additional space in the surroundings. One business unit is located in near Vrhnika, and another is on Tržaška cesta, in Ljubljana.
Over time, the company has completed many larger projects in addition to daily challenges. Among other things, we produced the Ice bank SHL 1,000 in 2009 and the Cheese cistern SCH 2O 2x 5,000 l in 2017 for the French market.
Plevnik’s story is created by 70 co-workers. Through our activities, we help farmers and cheesemakers to add value to milk and create their own joyful countryside stories. We provide them with comprehensive solutions for milk processing: not only machines but also knowledge in the field of technology and business development.
Together, we have already created more than 4,000 successful cheese-making stories. Today, we export more than 90% of our products. Mostly to Western Europe (France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, …) but also to Northern and Central Europe. However, our machines work all over the world. They can be found even in remote parts of the world, for example in Iceland, New Zealand, Latin America, and Australia.
Our own production and R&R department enable us to ensure the highest quality standards and the constant development of new and updating of existing products. We also constantly modernize our production. For example, for welding, a robotic welding cell is used.
The company Plevnik is a milk processing specialist – offering complete dairy solutions – equipment for dairies up to 2,000 liters: from pasteurizers, cheese kettles, pre-presses, presses, cheese washing devices, cheese cutting devices, butter churns, cheese tables, cheese washing device, cheese cutting device… to turnkey dairies. To our customers, we offer advanced and high-quality equipment. Our specialty is that we also offer knowledge in the field of milk processing technology and marketing. Since starting our business, we have focused on innovation, service quality, and adding value for our customers.
By processing milk, farmers can earn five or more times more than by selling bulk milk to a large dairy. Thus, they importantly reduce their dependence on changing milk market prices. In this way is Plevnik creating joyful countryside stories. By using Plevnik devices, cheesemakers improve the controllability and efficiency of their production, milk yield, the level of quality of their products, and also product consistency. One of the key features of our devices is also energy efficiency and multi-functionality (performing several different processes with one device). By using Plevnik devices cheesemakers update their milk processing and increase profitability. Devices are suitable for beginners and experienced cheesemakers.
A network of professional representatives with wide technical and expert cheesemaking knowledge takes care of the customers – offering professional consulting by choosing the right equipment to correspond with customers’ needs. In collaboration with the producer, Plevnik representatives provide a comprehensive service – from consulting and planning to installation and start-up. They ensure complete aftersales service and communicate with customers in their language.
Contact us and we will be glad to answer all your questions
Add value to milk.
PLEVNIK
engineering and production, d.o.o.
Podsmreka 56,
1356 Dobrova, Slovenia
Phone: +386 1 200 60 80
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