History
PIK Vrbovec was founded in 1961 on the foundations of the meat industry owned by Đuro Predović, dating back to 1938. The region where PIK Vrbovec meat industry is located has traditionally been known for its production of livestock, particularly pigs, a good starting point for this kind of industry. For a number of years, PIK Vrbovec has been producing and developing high-quality meat products under PIK brands, finding its customers in Croatia, the region, Europe and the USA.
| 1938. | at the present location of PIK, the factory for smoke-dried goods and slaughterhouse was founded, owner Đuro Predović |
| 1946. | factory was nationalized and started to produce for the state purposes |
| 1959. 1962. |
meat industry operates within the company “Sljeme” Sesvete |
| 1962. | factory starts working under the present name PIK VRBOVEC – MEAT INDUSTRY |
| 1975. | The export of meat products of PIK VRBOVEC |
| 1989. | export value reaching 46 million USD |
| 1992. | transformation of the enterprises into joint stock company with majority shareholders |
| 1995. | a new factory for meat processing opened |
| 1998. | beginning of cooperation with McDonald´s for the Croatian market |
| 2001. | the Republic of Croatia becomes a majority shareholder of the company |
| 2003. | company enters the process of privatization |
| 2005. | PIK becomes a part of Agrokor Group |
| 2009. | a new factory for fresh meat |
| 2012. | New plant for dry salami, new plant for slicing and packing, new warehouse for finished goods |
| 2019. | On April 1, finished the transfer of Agrokor d.d. to the Fortenova Group d.d. and PIK VRBOVEC - MESNA INDUSTRIJA d.d. becomes PIK VRBOVEC plus d.o.o., a company owned by Fortenonva Group. |
