MEMBER OF CRANE DARIO MARENIĆ OPENED FACTORY WORTH 24,5 MILLION KUNA
- 8. rujna 2016.
- Posted by: Zimo Digital
- Category: Nekategorizirano @en

Succesful businessman, founder of the Elda company and the member of Croatian Business Angels Network (CRANE), Dario Marenić, on Monday 5th of September opened the new factory and lab for analysis of e-cigarette fluids in the Industrial Park Nova Gradiška. It is planned that the factory will employ about 20 workers, and it is the matter of an investment worth 24,5 millions kunas. Part of the means for producing fluids for e-cigarettes and new factory Elda was given by EU fonds. It is a grant support of 6,26 millions kunas, and the whole project was worth 18 millions kunas.
Elda started its work 34 years ago by producing electronic devices, but in 2008 the founder Dario Miletić decided to start a business concerning e-cigarettes for which he got an idea from one Chinese investor in Las Vegas. Elda then became the first registered company in Europe to start producing fluids for charging e-cigarettes, and today it is the main producer in the Europe. Over 99% of the sales is accomplished through the export, and the products are present on the market of over 80 countries.
For many years company Elda recorded successes, and on recently held Vapor Fair, one of the biggest events in the e-cigarette industry, it was awarded for the best product and the best company in the whole industry. There were over 160 competitors from USA, Far East, whole Europe and China. Dario Marenić has won more awards like the Vapor Digest award, prominent magazine from the USA which placed Elda among golden standard e-cigarette fluids producers. Also, there is an award for the best project manager in Croatia in 2015, which was given to Dario Marenić by Croma, and the AAA certificate of prudential excellence which stands for operations of Elda company.
The ceremony of the factory opening was attended by Davorin Štetner, president of CRANE and a counselor in the Presidents Council for Economic Affairs.