I got a degree in chemical engineering from the University Maribor  (Slovenia) in 1995. Degree work was nominated as the best faculties’s work of the year (sponsored by Henkel) and dealt with Cinkarna’s problem in the field of titanium dioxide production (importance of seeds for calcination). In 1996 I started my first working position as a research engineer in Cinkarna Celje, afterwards became a senior research engineer. From 2020 I’m the head of Investments and technological improvements department for the titanium dioxide production plant. I have experiences in milling, digestion and leaching, cleaning methods (sedimentation, flocculation, filtration)… I am the project manager (from idea until implementation in the production) and  also a part of mid-management in Cinkarna Celje.

Established in 1873, Cinkarna Celje was originally engaged in metallurgy, but after 1968 chemical processing became the company’s primary activity, and today its core business is oriented towards the production and marketing of titanium dioxide pigment. Today Cinkarna Celje is one of the largest chemical-processing companies in Slovenia. It is a joint stock enterprise employing around 900 people and generating around 150 million euros in sales revenues per annum, with exports into demanding global markets accounting for more than 80 percent of this total.