no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . april 2015 zlatarna celje type public limited company industry goldsmith s trade founded 1947 1 headquarters celje slovenia number of locations 100 stores area served world products jewellery revenue eu 51.444.534 2011 2 3 net income eu 1.624.704 2011 2 owner albreht family number of employees 251 subsidiaries aurodent website www.zlatarna celje.com zlatarna celje plc is a slovenian jeweler and goldsmith located in celje . about 70 % of its business is from the sale of jewelery and gold bullion and the company also manufactures dental alloys and industrial gold . zlatarna celje s retail stores are mainly located in slovenia and the countries of the former yugoslavia . 3 4 today the company markets its products under the zlatarna celje and lencia brand names 3 4 the latter of which has developed a collection line with tina maze a slovenian skier . it has also invested in the construction of the plaza hotel btc city ljubljana . history edit giuseppe johanna pacchiaf an italian goldsmith opened a 100 employee workshop in gaberje celje in 1921 with two brothers alojz and ivan knez . following the world war ii the new government confiscated half the company s shares from the pacchiaf s heir . not long after the government nationalized the shares of ivan knez as well . in 1963 the company was under the management of municipal people committee s mlo celje and continued to operate as a craft enterprise only to be transformed into the zlatarna celje industrial company . over time the company became one of the most important companies in this sector and in this part of europe ; exporting products to europe north america australia and asia . in 1974 the company reached a million dollars of annual exports . 1 5 after the independence of slovenia zlatarna celje was in financial distress mostly due to the loss of yugoslav markets but also because of inefficiency and poor marketing . in 1997 the company was bankrupt but before it had to shut down the business it was rescued by aurodent a subsidiary . in 1999 it was taken over by the albreht family through the al company which provided capital for the brand s successful relaunch . 2 bojan albreht owns a 55 % controlling interest in the corporation and is the chairman of the board . 3 following the company s business review in 2011 the world gold council association added zlatarna celje to its list of trustworthy gold traders . 6 dead link it has partnered with tina maze a slovenian skier on the lencia jewelery collection since about 2008 4 7 and about 2012 zlatarna celje invested in the construction of the plaza hotel btc city ljubljana which has been its biggest venture . 3 references edit a b fugger rolanda 1995 . od celjske zlatarne mlo celje do mednarodnega podjetja zlatarna celje d.o.o. 1947 1992 . asopis za zgodovino in narodopisje . 66 2 361 370 . a b c bizovi ar milka 12 august 2013 . v zlatarni celje krizo ob utijo v zadnjih dveh mesecih . delo . retrieved 15 november 2013 . a b c d e morozov sebastjan 4 june 2012 . rekorden dobi ek zlatarne celje . dnevnik . retrieved 15 november 2013 . a b c bizovi ar milka 11 august 2013 . v zlatarni celje ne izdelujejo samo nakita . delo . retrieved 15 november 2013 . simoniti marjetica 1995 . celjsko zlatarstvo v lu i zgodovine . asopis za zgodovino in narodopisje . 66 2 346 360 . zlatarna celje kot zanesljivi trgovec z zlatom . kapital . 15 november 2011 . retrieved 15 november 2013 . foto tina maze odvrgla kombinezon in oblekla le nakit . mmc rtv slo . 3 december 2010 . retrieved 15 november 2013 . external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title zlatarna celje & oldid 736721880 categories companies based in celjecompanies of slovenia1947 establishments in sloveniacompanies established in 1947fashion accessory brandsgoldsmithsjewellery companiesjewellery retailersluxury brandsslovenian brandshidden categories orphaned articles from april 2015all orphaned articlesall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from april 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages sloven ina edit links this page was last modified on 29 august 2016 at 12 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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