{"id":2243,"date":"2023-12-05T08:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T07:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rotonautica.com\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:19:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:19:20","slug":"roto-je-tvornica-godine-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rotonautica.com\/hr\/news\/roto-is-the-factory-of-the-year-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"ROTO is the Factory of the Year 2023!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ROTO Pavlinjek earned the esteemed <strong>Tvornica godine 2023.<\/strong> title from the Finance newspaper&#8217;s annual competition, alongside a special accolade for its sustainable operations. This honor places the company among elite Slovenian manufacturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Core Business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based in \u010cernelavci, Slovenia, it develops <strong>over 2000 custom polymer OEM parts<\/strong> for electric vehicles, boats\/RVs, fire trucks, machinery, logistics, karting, marine, energy storage, and oil-air separators\u2014including KTM\/Honda fuel tanks &#8211; and Roto-brand boats\/catamarans. A strategic shift to digitalization, robotization, and renewables drove measurable results via investments and training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technological Innovations and Sustainability<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key advances include <strong>robotic rotational casting<\/strong> for energy-efficient, high-output production (e.g., motorcycle tanks), a 485 kWp solar plant cutting 120+ tons CO2\/year (25% self-sufficiency), and R&amp;D in bio-based\/recyclable materials. Digital systems enable automated planning, real-time monitoring, optimal utilization, and performance-based pay (up to 30% wage boost). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Industry 5.0 Commitment and Global Reach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Director Matja\u017e Pavlinjek<\/strong> emphasizes adaptation via AI, autonomy, zero-carbon goals, and natural materials testing. Leading the ROTO Group (8 units in Slovenia\/Croatia\/Serbia\/North Macedonia, 500+ employees), it exports to 55 countries for automotive\/marine\/e-storage, plus ROTO boats, kayaks, tanks, and purifiers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROTO, the company to which Roto Nautica belongs, has been chosen as one of the three finalists by the newspaper Finance.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotonautica.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotonautica.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotonautica.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotonautica.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotonautica.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rotonautica.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotonautica.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotonautica.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotonautica.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotonautica.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}