About Us

On October 20th 1921, the company “Stock cognac Medicinal” was established, which operates today under the name Zvečevo d.d. Požega. In 1934 renowned Swiss company Nestlé offered Stock the contract for renting the plant for production of chocolate and candies for the period of ten years. The offer was approved by the Ministry and Royal Administration in Zagreb and in 1936 Nestlé got the permit to start production of chocolate and chocolate products. In 1946 the production continued in nationalized plant. Since 1951 the plant has been operating under the name Zvečevo. In 1958 Zvečevo expanded its production facilities with diary plant, which up until then had been operating under the name Slavonka. Unprofitable and outdated production of fruit juices and flour was abandoned in the 60’s. All the efforts were aimed towards production of cocoa products, strong alcoholic drinks and milk powder. Process of reconstruction and modernization took place at the end of the 60’s and beginning of the 70’s resulting in production and employment increase. This enabled significant production increase and product range expansion with new, quality products. All of this together with the contract signed with Nestlé in 1970 made basis for successful Zvečevo’s performance on domestic and foreign markets. In 1987 Zvečevo started production of flour-based products – wafers. The company has been operating as Joint Stock Company since September 3rd 1994. Zvečevo is traditionally committed to ensuring growing quality of each of its products as this simply presents prerequisite for the future product development. Many Zvečevo products have received numerous quality awards in Croatia and abroad.

Zvečevo is headquartered in Požega, a city located in Požega valley surrounded by mountains. Romans called this beautiful and fertile valley Vallis Aurea –the Golden Valley. The first written document about this city date since 1227 in which Castrum de Posega is mentioned. Požega is the city rich in history, culture and arts. This is the city of late Baroque architecture, with one of the oldest gymnasiums in Croatia. After Zagreb, Dubrovnik and Varaždin, Jezuits established gymnasium in 1699, which was Academia Posegana in the period since 1754 to 1773. This city enriched Croatian literature with many great writers including Miroslav Kraljević, author of the first Croatian novel. Požega also contributed to Croatian painting with renowned names out of which the most famous one is Miroslav Kraljević. Today, Požega is the main city of Požega-Slavonija County and has been bishopric see since 1997. The Church of Saint Theresa of Avila is a baroque pearl which has became Požega Cathedral. Its interior was painted by the artists Celestin Medović and Oton Iveković.

Zvečevo operations are based on quality and tradition which guarantee the company’s entrance into the new millennium. At the same time, care for the environment is vital. Namely, Zvečevo is in “clean technology” category and records significant results in the area of environmental protection. In 2001 Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction awarded “Croatian Oscar” to Zvečevo in the Category “Industry and Energetics”. Zvečevo business policy incorporates international standards of sustainable development taking into account preventive strategy of clean production.