TLM will be a rapidly growing productive company in the next three to five years

First Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Karamarko visited the company Impol-TLM in Šibenik on Thursday, which has leased its facilities to the Slovenian Impol.

On that occasion, Karamarko stated that the most important thing is to revive production in that company.

– I am glad that production will gradually increase, and we will help, as our interest is clear. I hope that in the next two to three months there will be 400-500 employees, said Karamarko.

In response to a journalist’s inquiry regarding the criminal complaint by the President of the Croatian Union Association (HURS) Ozren Matijašević for embezzlement of around 30 million euros in TLM from 2009 to 2014, Karamarko said that if there is suspicion, “let the man sue,” but that it relates to the period before the current government took office.

– We are interested in putting TLM into operation as soon as possible. Not everything can be perfect immediately, but I think this is the best way, said Karamarko.

When asked to comment on Matijašević’s claims that there were illegalities during the privatization of TLM in which the state was damaged for millions, Karamarko said he does not know the details.

– It is difficult for me to comment on that now, but surely someone will have to investigate it, he said.

He emphasized that the most important thing is to revive production in TLM and announced that there will certainly be many more such cases during the current government’s term.

Member of the Management Board of Impola Tomaž Smoler says that the first products could come out of the cold rolling mill in April. Currently, 210 workers are engaged, and in the future, there will be 350 to 400, he says. He emphasizes that TLM sees itself as a rapidly growing productive company in the next three to five years. When asked how he comments on the position of Šibenik’s TLM in the Mostar Aluminum Plant where it has a share package, Smoler said that the Aluminum Plant is one of the most important suppliers of aluminum to TLM.

– We have already established cooperation with the Aluminum Plant Mostar and the first blocks of aluminum have arrived. We plan to conclude a long-term agreement on the supply of aluminum and I hope for good cooperation, said Smoler.