ARX view – universal window wing (Inner-karst region, Slovenia)

An international company, founded in 1954, represents one of the biggest and the most successful companies in Inner-karst region, oriented to export. With 1037 employees this middle-sized company is organized as a joint-stock company with four profit centres and ten affiliated companies in Slovenia and abroad (in Croatia, Bosnia&Herzegovina, Serbia, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania and Germany). With its developmental perspective and commitment to innovativeness the company was ranks 75th among Slovenia’s 300 largest companies according to sales turnover and 168th in net profit (Source: Delo’s supplement Delo FT – The Biggest Slovene Companies, May 2008).


Kovinoplastika Lož d.d. is concentrated to manufacturing of metal and plastic products, which is usually perceived as an industry with low-added value, less perspective from developmental perspective. The activities of the company mostly apply to manufacturing of building fittings, wash basins, tools and other products. Nevertheless, despite the relatively difficult economic situation the company stands as a good practice example in utilizing available resources for generating added value in production activities as well. This has also been confirmed by many awards, received by the company for their innovation, among which the “ARX view – universal window wing” stands out the most, receiving a award for innovation from Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia on a regional level in June 2009 and on a national level in September 2009.
 
The concept of window wing “ARX view” is a novelty in the area of building fittings as the window wing is applicable in any window fitting, regardless of whether it is made of plastics, wood or aluminium. Although the development costs for such innovation are relatively high, the benefits are also significant. In addition to increasing company’s profits the development of “ARX view” includes a 20 – 35 % decrease of raw material consumption and 20 – 40 % decrease of energy usage, which contributes significantly to the preservation of the environment. Further, “ARX view” benefits to consumers as well due to several advantage that the innovation enables. Such benefits pertain to saving energy due to better heat isolation and higher input of light and heat into the building space, sound isolation and higher anty-burglary safety, the integration of shade elements and modules within the window wing. For the development of this product Kovinoplastika Lož d.d. has received co-financing by European programme, LIFE.

In this way “ARX view” stands as a highly demanding product with high added value that significantly contributes to preservation of the environment. For these reasons the product was awarded in February 2010 by the national “Green Mission” award, which aims at identifying and remunerating environmentally-friendly products and at emphasizing products that are in one way or another positively differentiated in comparison to other similar products. In doing so, the complete life cycle of the product is considered – natural resources, the manufacturing and usage of the product and its decomposition.

In company’s perspective the development of good eco-innovation demands an integration of three different aspects – the expressed interest of the market, legislation demands and economic legitimization. This can only be achieved by combining different knowledge and experiences. For this reason the company devotes special attention to systematic and well considered human resources employment, education and training. Due to specific professional areas of activities, performed within the company, employees are offered with many possibilities for professional as well as personal development. In addition, Kovinoplastika Lož d.d. continuously invests in automation and robotization as well as to the introduction of modern information technologies. An important part of company’s activities is also presented by its R&D department with an outstanding tradition, resulting in many registration of intellectual property (more than 15 patents, also 5 abroad, 5 registered models and 5 registrated trademarks).

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