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31 Helios
Helios Group is the leading manufacturer of coatings in South Eastern Europe with approximately 3,000 employees in more than thirty companies in fourteen countries and recorded sales of $386 million in 2010. Recently Helios strengthened its operations in Slovenia and opened a car refinishing coatings center and a production plant for water-based coatings in Domzale. The coatings manufacturer also opened a center for metal coatings in Medvode, Slovenia. Helios invested €14 million in the three projects. Additional resources will be invested in the production plant for water-based coatings and the car refinishing coatings center until 2012. Currently the production capacity of decorative and car refinishing water-based coatings is 500 tons per month.
Domzale, Slovenia
PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1924
REVENUE: $386 million
MARKETS SERVED
• Decorative coatings
• Car refinishes
• Metal coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Uros Slavinec, president; Marko Vresk, vice president; Branko Pas, vice president.
Helios Group is the leading manufacturer of coatings in South Eastern Europe with approximately 3,000 employees in more than thirty companies in fourteen countries and recorded sales of $386 million in 2010. Recently Helios strengthened its operations in Slovenia and opened a car refinishing coatings center and a production plant for water-based coatings in Domzale. The coatings manufacturer also opened a center for metal coatings in Medvode, Slovenia. Helios invested €14 million in the three projects. Additional resources will be invested in the production plant for water-based coatings and the car refinishing coatings center until 2012. Currently the production capacity of decorative and car refinishing water-based coatings is 500 tons per month.
