Under the auspices of SPIRIT Slovenia, we participated in providing project support to micro, small and medium-sized start-up enterprises in the 2023–2028 Strategic, Sustainable and Circular Business Transformation. The project was implemented in two phases, Phase A and Phase B. During Phase A, the Sustainable and Circular Transformation Academy held three workshops. In addition to the workshops, we were guided through the processes of strategic, sustainable and circular business transformation by a designated expert with whom we held meetings at the company.

We introduced ourselves to prospective employees on the 25th of May at Hotel City Maribor, at the Job Fair organised by Mojedelo.com.

At Spirit Slovenia, who organised the Academy of Sustainable and Circular Transformation (TKT Academy), we discussed the programme and met the other companies that participate in the project.

Government representatives, representatives of research institutions, and companies from Germany and Slovenia discussed hydrogen as an opportunity for the economy and carbon neutrality at the Slovenian-German Hydrogen Day. Good practices for this field were presented – among others, the development of bolts for hydrogen engines by the Blaj Fasteners company.

The Human Resources Development and Comprehensive Management System project AB20.20, supported by Spirit, according to which we implemented 10-minute meetings in the mornings, for better efficiency and brainstorming in order to resolve challenges in all areas of operation, has already been well accepted in the company.

At the end of September, our company will launch an application for the advanced planning and scheduling of ordered products, accurate monitoring of product locations and informing customers about delivery dates.

We are happy to announce that the Blaj company has been awarded a gold medal for sustainability in 2022. We are extremely proud of this achievement, but at the same time it came as no surprise. From the very start of our business we have been determined to write our story in a sustainable way.

Our exceptional Blaj team is our greatest competitive advantage. To preserve the highest quality we are committed to maintain a high level of employee motivation and enable personal and career development of individuals within the company. We create individual career plans on the basis of competency interviews. We try to provide the best conditions for each and every workplace, to meet the needs of our colleagues and the company.

From 6 to 9 September 2022, we participated at SMM Hamburg, the leading international maritime trade fair that took place in Hamburg, Germany. We proudly presented our BLAJ FASTENERS PASSION FOR ENGINEERING trademark, with a focus on sustainability. At the trade fair, they recognised us as one of three or four leading bolt manufacturers.