Croatia baker Mlinar to double capacity at plant

Croatian baked goods shaper Mlinar is investing successful the enlargement of its section mill producing savoury burek pastries.

The concern was disclosed successful a connection yesterday (29 July) from Bosqar Invest, which took a bulk involvement successful the baker past year.

Mlinar is putting €12m ($13.7m) into its Osijek plant, successful a determination that volition treble output astatine the tract done the summation of a afloat automated accumulation line.

The capableness of the caller enactment volition lucifer the combined capableness of the factory's existent 4 accumulation lines, according to the Croatian concern company.

The institution described the task arsenic 1 of Mlinar's "largest azygous investments successful accumulation capableness successful caller years".

According to the statement, the task is aimed astatine "further improving accumulation efficiency, proviso concatenation flexibility, and readiness for continued growth" successful some existent and aboriginal markets.

"It volition besides make the conditions for stronger export maturation successful planetary markets beyond the portion wherever Mlinar already has an established income presence."

At the Osijek facility, Mlinar has added much than 230 jobs since 2021/2022.

"This concern is simply a earthy continuation of our maturation and a effect to the sustained summation successful request for products successful the burek category", said Mladen Veber, the president of the absorption committee of Mlinar.

It follows financing secured successful December, erstwhile Mlinar bagged up to €50m successful equity backing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). That concern was besides earmarked for expansion.

Mlinar supplies ample retail chains, hospitality clients and the foodservice channel. It besides exports to much than 17 markets.

The institution runs 5 accumulation facilities. It besides operates a bakery retail web spanning Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In 2025, the radical posted gross of much than €197.2m, according to the statement.

Bosqar Invest completed the acquisition of a bulk holding successful Mlinar successful a woody worthy astir €100m. Under that transaction, Bosqar, unneurotic with existing shareholders of Panvita Group and Mlinar's absorption squad led by CEO Mladen Veber, acquired a 67% indirect involvement successful the bakery group.

"Croatia baker Mlinar to treble capableness astatine plant" was primitively created and published by Just Food, a GlobalData owned brand.