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Year after year the daily paper Dnevnik exposes the best employers who are aware of the importance of satisfied employees. It is a well known fact that the success of every company depends on its employees. Yesterday, during final announcement of the best employers on the open stage (Oder pod zvezdami) of Ljubljana`s puppet theatre, Riko received the »Golden thread« (Zlata nit) reward for being the best employer among medium-sized businesses in the year 2012.

The Senate of the Faculty of Economics and the Council of the Centre for Business Excellence of the Faculty of Economics appointed Janez Škrabec, the founder and managing director of the company Riko d.o.o., the President of the Alumni Association of the Faculty of Economics of the University in Ljubljana.

Today the managing directors of Riko and Energetika Ljubljana, Janez Škrabec and Hrvoje Drašković, signed a contract for replacing the GVL 1 and GVL 2 hot water boilers, the BKG 1 steam boiler and burners on the hot water boiler VKLM 5 in TOŠ«.

Riko is strengthening its position as a strategic supplier of technological equipment to automobile industries in Belarus. We developed a technological line for working on reduction gear housings for MAZ, a regionally successful manufacturer of lorries, busses and mobile lifts for vehicles. Together we can offer higher quality and capacity car parts treatment. The equipment will be delivered by the end of 2013, the launch and reaching of full work capacity is foreseen in the first quarter of 2014.

The mayors of Radlje ob Dravi (Alen Bukovnik), the mayor of Dravograd (Marijana Cigala) and Riko`s managing director (Janez Škrabec) signed a contract for the final two sequences in a group of projects »Wastewater draining and treatment in the river basin of Drava – Upper Drava«. In frames of this contract we will finally be able to regulate the draining and treatment of wastewater and protection of water resources in the river basin of Upper Drava.

Riko will plan, construct and equip Zveza`s factory for production of diesel engines.

The Sveta Petka hydroelectric power plant was officially opened today by Mr Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, and Dr Vlatko Čingoski, General Director of ELEM.

Upon the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Belarus and Slovenia and the sustainability of their bilateral relations, economic and cultural ties, Janez Škrabec, director of Rico, has given the National Library of Belarus in Minsk a valuable gift - the Iconotheca Valvasoriana (a facsimile edition of rare European art prints from the 15th-17th centuries).

According to a study conducted by Kline & Partner, a company that measures and monitors the reputation of companies and directors, both the company Riko and its founder and director Janez Škrabec rank as two of the most respected names in Slovenia. This year, Janez Škrabec has been ranked as the 5th most respected Slovenian director and the company Riko has been ranked as the 13th most respected Slovenian company.

Today, Mr Janez Škrabec, Director of Rico, signed a set of contracts with Mr Franci Rokavec, Mayor of the Municipality of Litija, and Mr Milan Izlakar, Mayor of the Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji, at the Bogenšperk Castle for the project “Construction of sewerage system and central treatment plants in the municipalities of Litija and Šmartno pri Litija”.