The company last week inaugurated new production facilities stretching over more than a thousand square metres, an investment worth EUR 1.5m.

Rosenbauer Slovenija posted revenue of EUR 21.5m last year and a net profit of EUR 1.4m; the expansion is expected to lead to revenue of EUR 30m within a year or two, director Marjan Cvikl told the STA.

The Slovenian branch, which started out in Yugoslavia as a specialist in overhauling old firefighting vehicles, is specialised in making water tanks, foam and vehicle conversion.

Their water tanks are built-in at all Rosenbauer locations around the world and sixty percent of their sales are to other companies in the group.