Bjelin Croatia to Build Woodura Wood Floor Factory

Välinge licensee and sister company, Bjelin, plans to build a €200 million [U.S. $238.25 million] factory in Ogulin, Croatia, for wood flooring based on Woodura technology.  Bjelin is owned by Välinge majority shareholder, Pervanovo Invest AB.

“I am very pleased that after 10 years of hard and very costly development work we are finally ready to scale up our powder-based production considerably in order to introduce a new wood flooring generation that is more cost-efficient and environmentally friendly — in the same way as the three-layer parquet was when it was invented and introduced in 1945 by the Swedish companies Kährs and Tarkett,” said Darko Pervan, CEO, Pervanovo Invest AB. “The positive market response gives us the confidence to make a major investment in production in Croatia where we have high-quality oak material and skilled workers.”