Our manufacturing assortment is very wide and covers both knitted and woven curtains fabrics in a wide range of colors, textures and designs. With activities from designing, warping, knitting, weaving, finishing to sewing and confectioning, the whole production circle is in house controlled.
Mission
With quality and fashion curtains fabrics we are taking care for good surroundings at home, work or any other public places.Vision
To be developing and marketing driven fabrics producer with active role
in curtains fashion trends.
Goals
- To strengthen our position as main curtains supplier in ex Yugoslavia region.
- To expand retail trade chain under brand name Velana in Slovenia.
- To develop quality end customer full service, from advice and home measurement to sewing and final setting.
- To increase market share in supplying tourist and leisure objects with textile.
- To expand our brand in foreign markets.
Certificates
In 1998 Velana gained
quality certificate ISO 9001 from Bureau Veritas. It has to be renewed every
two years and this presents a perpetual force for changes.
With strict standards it also directs us toward more efficient fulfillment of
customers needs and wishes. One of certificate principles are constant product
and services improvement.
Technology
It is a long way from the specific fabric idea to its serial product. As it is demanding voyage it is also a very interesting one. First, an idea has to be born in designers mind. Then a sketch is drawn on paper, transformed to computer and corrected to final version. Prepared sample is a reference for the production. Then hundreds and hundreds threads have to be set on place by hand warping. Next step is to knit or weave the prototype serie of specific fabric, which is afterwards closely checked. Any eventual imperfections are set right. After that the serial production can start.Weaving department consists of 54 dobby and jacquard weaving machines from Sulzer and Somet machine producers. In knitting department there are 19 knitting machines and one broche machine, all from Karl Mayer.
But that is not the end of a story. Textile is rough and now finishing comes to place. What does it mean? Fabrics have to be washed, optically whitened, colored and eventually burned out. Through the whole finishing process curtain fabrics gain final outlook, touch and elegance – an appearance we are costumed with.
Finishing department consists of JET and HT coloring machines, printing machine, laser optocutter and crushing machine.
As a final stage Velana is offering ready made confectioning. With 30 sewing machines and quality workers almost any orders can be tailored to customers needs.
History
It all started near river Ljubljanica in 1948. In abandoned sugar warehouse, where our famous modernist poems and writers lived (Josip Murn, Dragotin Kette and Ivan Cankar), company Volnenka was born. A group of 15 enthusiasts assembled and repaired used knitting machines and started with production. After a long search for identity Volnenka settled as a curtain fabrics producer.Later on company changed its name in Velana. It has become well known and respected brand name, first in Yugoslavia and with a time in other European markets, too. Export grew rapidly, especially after Slovenia became independent state in 1991.
So here we are today, playing a game with global competitors, pushing forward to be a flexible and innovative curtain manufacturer with value added solutions. As our slogan points out - we are " living with curtains ".
Chronology
1948 The Volnenka textile factory was established in Ljubljana.
1967 Polyester knitted curtain fabric production started.
1969 The foundation stone for a new ©martinska factory was set down and the first meters of curtains were exported.
1971 Volnenka was renamed to Velana, a registered brand name.
1972 The new finishing department began with its operation.
1973 The first weaving machines were brought in house.
1976 20% of production was sold to the European markets and the Middle East.
1976-80 The machinery park was modernized.
1982 The new weaving department was built.
1991 After the Slovenian split from Yugoslavia, the company focused on Western European markets.
1995 Velana was registered as a privately owned joint stock company.
1998 Velana gained quality certificate ISO 9001 from Bureau Veritas.
1999 Velana broadened its own retail chain in Slovenia.
2000 The weaving department was modernized.
2001 Some state-of-the-art weaving machines were installed.
2004 More new investment into new machinery to improve our machinery park.
2005-08 Growth of our own retail shop chain expanded, with opening 8 new shops all over Slovenia.