History
The works
since 1929.
The brickworks in Korminjan started in May 1929. It was rebuilt twice; in 1999 it was abandoned and nearly everything was stolen. From April 2002 the Borovci brothers put it back to work, and since 2008 it has run as Brickos sh.p.k.
Chronicle
The key
dates.
From 1929 to today. Beside each date: the year, the output where it is known, and the state of the factory.
1929 – 1946
The beginning.
May 1929
The brickworks in Korminjan starts work, in the days of the old Yugoslavia. With 20 workers, it makes 300,000 roof tiles and 50,000 bricks a year.
1946 – 1999
Rebuilding and growth.
1946
Until 1946 the factory works in a fairly primitive way. From that year, to raise output and improve the technology, it is rebuilt twice: in 1971 and in 1974.
1971
The first rebuild. Brick output that year: 2,500,000 units (normal format).
1974
The second rebuild.
1979
More capacity and better technology raise brick output to 17,942,000 units (normal format). The factory can also make 3,000,000 light, heat-insulating bricks in normal format and 300,000 roof tiles a year.
1999 – 2002
Abandoned and looted.
12 June 1999
The factory is left completely abandoned.
April 2002
By April 2002 nearly everything has been stolen, except the steel structures and the parts that could not be taken apart.
2002 – today
Brickos.
From April 2002
The Borovci brothers’ company, NTPSH Vëllezërit Borovci, takes the factory over and puts it back to work.
March 2007
NTPSH Vëllezërit Borovci privatises the factory. From that year, investment begins in building the new plant.
November 2008
The factory works under its new name: BRICKOS sh.p.k.
18 August 2010
The new plant starts work, and the first finished product comes out of it. Investment goes on with the modernisation of the old plant.
Mid-2014
After a four-year pause, the old plant starts work again.
Today
Five blocks.
- 1929 The factory starts work
- 17,942,000 Units made in 1979
- 2002 The Borovci family takes over
- 2010 The new plant starts work
Family
The Borovci
family.
In April 2002 all that was left of the factory were the steel structures and the parts that could not be taken apart. The Borovci brothers took it on and put it back to work; in 2007 they privatised it and began building the new plant, and in 2008 they named it Brickos.
