About Us

• Our company was originally established under the name of SILA at the address: Ružić Street 17

• After World War I on the right bank of the River Rječina there was a developed industry with a long tradition. On Sušak side of the River Rječina river there was no important industry except for Paper mill and the shipyard at Kraljevica. Simultaneously with the expansion of the port of Sušak a need for a range of ship- and ship equipment repair activities was emerging. Until then all the repairs had been carried out either in Rijeka with great difficulty due to a border or in Zagreb which is almost 200 km away from Sušak.

• These were the primary prerequisites which initiated the idea of establishing marine mechanical workshop which soon became known under the name of VULKAN.
Several wealthy people from Sušak realized their intention to establish a craft workshop for repairing ship deck equipment as well as other industrial appliances. They started in a tiny and inadequate space in the industrial part of Sušak in Ružić Street.

• These were the primary prerequisites which initiated the idea of establishing marine mechanical workshop which soon became known under the name of VULKAN.
Several wealthy people from Sušak realized their intention to establish a craft workshop for repairing ship deck equipment as well as other industrial appliances. They started in a tiny and inadequate space in the industrial part of Sušak in Ružić Street.

• The company „VULKAN – marine mechanical workshop and foundry“ was registered on February 28, 1933 at the Commercial Register of the District Court at Sušak. The owner was Metod Tomljenović, a shipmaster from Sušak. The accountant was Ivan Tomljenović from Sušak (he was probably the owner’s brother). The two of them were registered as company authorized officers.

• Soon after establishing VULKAN started providing maintenance services and repairs of ships and ship equipment as well as various production facilities. Services were provided for Jadranska plovidba Sušak, shipowners: Matković from Split, Borović from Sušak, Tripković from Trieste, Atlantska plovidba Sušak, factories of soap, paper and plywood from Sušak and for many others.

Vulkan became „Vulkan – state foundry and marine mechanical workshop“ at Sušak, owned by People’s Republic of Croatia.

• Vulkan moved from Ružić Street to the current location at „Plumbum“- the site of the former Lead factory

• After moving the factory was producing:
hand anchor winches, motor-driven cargo winches, chain and wire steering gears, hand operated mooring winches, electric cargo winches, bilge pumps, equipment for trawlers, etc

• Auxiliary ship engines were also manufactured and a foundry with a pattern shop supported the production process. In addition, the foundry tried to create its own product and at the beginning of 1950s the castings for diesel motors for the factory Torpedo were cast. In the period from 1950 to 1951 a crane for filling blast furnace of Sisak steel mill was manufactured and assembled on site.

In 1950 Vulkan had 397 workers with a tendency to increase number of employees.

A chemical laboratory was founded within the technical control department of Vulkan. It included a laboratory for a rapid analysis of each batch of cast steel and a mechanical laboratory.

Till 1953 foundry had cast grey cast iron and bronze castings and then it gradually shifted to steel castings.That was a crucial moment for the prosperity of the foundry which became a recognized producer of carbon, alloyed and high-alloyed steel cast.

Changing a company name from „Vulkan –state foundry and marine mechanical workshop“ to “Factory of cranes and foundry VULKAN“ Rijeka.

In 1984 a number of employees increased to 1399.

Company VULKAN Factory of cranes and foundry Rijeka divided into four independent companies:
• Vulkanlijev
• Vulkan – dibo
• Vulkan – servis
• Vulkantrans.
In the same year through the process of privatization all four newly founded companies became joint stock companies. Vulkan-dibo continued to produce cranes and ship equipment.

The Commercial Court in Rijeka opened a bankruptcy proceedings over Vulkan-dibo d.d. Rijeka.

The companies STROJOPROMET – ZAGREB d.o.o. Zagreb and RAM d.o.o. Rijeka bought Vulkan-dibo in bankruptcy and founded a new company under the name of VULKAN-NOVA d.o.o. A new company continued with previously registered business activities:

• production of equipment for shipbuilding industry and cranes
• production of metal constructions, bearings, gears and spare parts for products from the production range
• services in the field of engineering, designing and consulting.

Nowadays a company VULKAN-NOVA has between 90 and 130 employees.