Significant Milestones in our History
| 1964
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Company Črtalič was established as a private "garage workshop" by Mr. Jože Črtalič.
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| 1975
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Mr. Bojan Črtalič takes over active management of the company.
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| 1978
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The first patent for a special air valve for a blasting machine.
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| 1992
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Company FerroČrtalič d.o.o was established by Mr. Bojan Črtalič.
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| 1994
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Company headquarters and production moved to a new location in Sela, Dolenjske Toplice.
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| 1998
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Acquisition of ISO 9001 certificate.
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| 2000
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Silver medal for filter-recycling unit CENTRO 2/2 ECO at the International Salon of Inventions in Geneva, Switzerland.
Golden medal at INPEX XVI - America’s largest invention show in Pittsburgh, where we introduced the AIR BAG sealing system.
Silver medal at INPEX, USA, for a very effective and simple mix-chamber for sand with a flow adjuster and patented cascade system.
Silver medal in Geneva, Switzerland for a mix-chamber for sand with a flow adjuster.
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| 2002
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Registered trademark FerroECOBlast Europe.
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| 2003
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Shot Peening certified training (level 1) for our technical department.
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| 2003 2004
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The company was placed in the group of fast-growing Slovenian companies.
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| 2004
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Jernej Črtalič (Bojan’s son) establishes his own company Blast Tehnik, a surface treatment service.
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| 2005
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Established our subsidiary FerroČrtalič Belgrade, Serbia.
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| 2010
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Established FerroEcoBlast RRC, Research, and Development Center.
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| 2011
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Our company was awarded recognition by the German Ministry of Economics and Technology for the best International Project CleanER in the field of new technologies for surface preparation.
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| 2013 |
Mojca Črtalič Andolšek was named as the new General Manager of the company.
Silver award for an innovative solution - Robotized blasting line CLP type ZINK - 2 ROBO 4 ECO (The Chamber of Commerce of Dolenjska and Bela krajina).
Signed long-term cooperation with the National Institute of Chemistry and EN FIST - Centre of Excellence in the field of research and development of special materials in the process of surface treatment.
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| 2013 - 2017
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Certified training for Shot Peening (level 1 - 3) for our team, organized by Electronics Inc. (EI Shot Peening Training) and MFN, both Nadcap Partners in Education.
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| 2015
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A new advanced Shot Peening cell was built for testing and training.
Extension of our capabilities with an additional 1200 m² modern production hall.
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| 2016
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Developed and manufactured one of the most advanced Shot Peening cells for the aviation industry in the world.
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| 2018 |
Successfully transitioned from ISO 9001 - 2008 to ISO 9001 - 2015 version.
In the process of NADCAP certification.
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| 2020 |
First UL-certified machine for the US market.
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| 2021 |
Extension of our warehouse to match the size of our current business facility.
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| 2022
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Registered a new trademark Addiblast for 3D Post processing/depowdering solutions and equipment.
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