- CEO
- Srecko Štefanic
- Full Time Employees
- 197
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Chemicals: major diversified
- Address
- Kocevje Slovenia
- IPO Date
- Sep 23, 1996
- Business
- Melamin Kemicna Tovarna Kocevje dd is a Slovenia-based specialty chemical manufacturing company primarily engaged in the development, production, and distribution of synthetic resins, decorative materials, and specialized chemical crosslinking solutions. Founded in 1954 and headquartered in Kočevje, Slovenia, the company supplies industrial clients across Central, Western, and Southeastern Europe, as well as broader international export markets. The company operates across multiple core product divisions and industrial applications: wood and furniture solutions, comprising Melafilm decorative impregnated paper films for surface lamination of particle boards, MDF, and plywood, as well as Meldur melamine-urea resins and adhesive systems for panel production and paper impregnation; coatings and lacquer chemicals, comprising Komelol etherified melamine resins and hexamethylolmelamine crosslinkers engineered for automotive coatings, coil coatings, industrial lacquers, and varnishes; construction chemicals, including Melapret AAS sulfonated melamine polycondensation superplasticizers and high-efficiency admixtures for concrete and gypsum formulations; rubber and textile processing chemicals, offering adhesion promoters, flame retardants, and auxiliary agents for tire cords, technical textiles, and footwear manufacturing; and high-performance melt-blown nonwoven materials manufactured through smartMELAMINE doo, a joint venture with the German TITK Group providing flame-resistant, heat-insulating, and acoustic nonwovens for automotive, railway, aviation, and building construction sectors. In recent operational and strategic developments, Melamin dd has finalized extensive rehabilitation and facility modernization programs across its primary Kočevje production complex, successfully returning production capacity to approximately 90 percent of pre-incident levels while opting to modernize and reinforce process safety on-site rather than pursuing greenfield relocation. The company has also accelerated strategic investments in sustainable chemistry, advancing the development and rollout of bio-based polymer resins derived from natural sugars and amines to replace discontinued epichlorohydrin-based product lines, alongside enterprise-wide digital transformation and IT network infrastructure overhauls.