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At the beginning of July Paris hosted "Paris Balkans 2016”, a conference on the Western Balkans, which was dedicated to young people and infrastructure integration in the region. The summit was attended by delegations from thirteen countries of the Balkans. Among them was also the Slovenian delegation, which was led by Prime Minister Dr. Miro Cerar. On this occasion, in the premises of the French Senate, Riko signed a memorandum of cooperation with the purpose of joint cooperation in the field of environmental protection projects in third countries with our strategic partner the French company Veolia.

Starck with Riko is to build a 750 m2 P.A.T.H. house on a magnificent private property located in Bedford, just 40 miles north of Manhattan, NY. The two stories 'Montfort' type house with a glass facade and signature corniche roof will serve as a family vacation home.

According to a study by Kline & Partner, which has measured and monitored the reputation of companies and directors over many years now, Riko Director Janez Škrabec is ranked in third place on the reputation scale.

A sludge drying facility has been opened by Riko at the Novo mesto Central Wastewater Treatment Plant. The project, within which Riko acted as the lead partner in a consortium together with Huber GmbH from Germany, was completed a month and a half before the contractual deadline.

At Riko we continue to strengthen our role as a strategic supplier of technological equipment for the development of the railway industry in Russia. In accordance, we have developed a line for the processing of freight car boolsters for the Russian company TVSZ, a leading manufacturer of freight car wagons based in Tikhvin. The solution, which we have developed for the client, will enable the processing of large scale items in a smaller space while still achieving large production capacities. The project will be completed within one year, in other words by the end of March 2017 when we will deliver the equipment perform a test run.

Riko has signed a contract to build a 112 km long water supply network in the municipalities of Dravograd , Muta , Vuzenica Radlje ob Dravi and Podvelka .

The operators chosen for the »Supply with drinking water within the Sodražica – Ribnica – Kočevje area« project signed their contracts at today's occasional press conference in Kočevje. Dr. Vladimir Prebilič, the mayor of the Kočevje municipality pointed out the importance of this project for the residents of all three participating municipalities and ceremoniously signed the contracts with the contractor's representatives, i.e. Janez Škrabec the director of the Riko company that is in charge of the water supply network construction, Boris Savnik, the director of the Hidroinženiring company, chosen for the purification plant construction and Branko Vodušek from the Dialog-si.net company, which will be informing the public on the project proceedings and progress. The entire project will be supervised by the Projekt Nova Gorica company.

The new kindergarten Vesninka designed by Slovenian architect Jure Kotnik, opened its doors in the city of Minsk and stands as a great example ofa modern European sports kindergarten, built using the latest architectural standards and high quality natural materials which are environment and health friendly. Wood as a building material enables the healthiest living environment, it is environmentally sound and highly energy-efficient. The wooden prefabricated kindergarten Vesninka brings a number of innovations to the Belarusian environment. This is the first public facility certified A+ as the highest class of energy-efficient and energy-saving building. Moreover, it is also the first prefabricated wooden public building in Belarus.

Riko has passed on the Bela krajina water supply system phase II. project in Metlika, which is considered the most important joint infrastructure project of the Bela krajina municipalities. The project, which was managed by Riko, addresses solutions to the problem of water supply in Bela Krajina in the long term.

The Regional Waiste Management Center (RCERO) constructed by Riko, d.o.o. has been solemnly opened.