Annual Report Gorenje Group 2009

Gorenje Group
The Gorenje Group is ranked among the leading European manufacturers of home appliances
boasting a sixty-year history. Our technologically perfected, superiorly designed and energy-efficient
home appliances under the brand names of Gorenje, Atag, Mora, Pelgrim, Etna, Körting and Sidex are
improving the quality of living of users of our products in seventy countries around the globe.
In addition to household appliances, we have complemented our offer with our own programme of
kitchen and bathroom furnishings, as well as a wide range of products for the home. In past years, the
Company has been strengthening its activities in the segments of environmental protection, energy
management, and services, where we are employing our skills and forty years of experience in
environmental protection, as well as identified business opportunities in various areas having a higher
potential growth than our core activity.
For almost half a century, we have been expanding our international sales network on all continents.
With a ninety percent share of exports, we are the most internationally oriented Slovenian company.
In 2009, Gorenje generated EUR 1.2 billion in sales revenue with on average 10,907 employees. Our
largest division, Household Appliances, generated approximately 98 percent of its revenues in
European markets.
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Annual Report Gorenje Group 2009