The company, a member of the international Vienna-based Herz group, was created in 2006 by the merger of Unitas and Kovina. It will build a 5,000 m2 production plant in Šmartno pri Litiji, of which 3,500 m2 will be for production with the remainder for warehousing.

The production of ball valves and taps, which are the fruit of their own development, is due to start in September. The investment in the facility itself is estimated at two million euros, while the other two million will be spent on machinery. It is said that the production facility will create between 70 and 100 new jobs and will lead to a doubling of output.