GERMANY 2021
BUSINESS
DUŠICA, NEVENA, SLOBODAN AND DUŠAN JANKOVIĆ, INMOLD PLAST
QUARTET FOR A SECURE FUTURE The core business of Požega-based company Inmold Plast is the production of high-quality tools for injection moulding of plastics and non-ferrous metals. It specialises in tools for injection moulding of thin-walled packaging and tools for injection moulding of technical parts, while it is additionally engaged in the production of IML robots fairs, trips, conferences and meetings. Nevena: At work I currently mostly use the way of thinking that I acquired during my studies. Slobodan: I had the good fortune to study in a country that has a very developed industry, where we also operate, so I learned many things that we’ve applied in our company. One of the main advantages of studying abroad is that a person matures more than they would by studying in their home country.
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nmold Plast is a family-owned company that has changed a lot in the 15 years since it was founded. Apart from the uncompromising quality of its products, of which founder and owner Goran Janković is extremely proud, he is equally proud of his four children who are already involved in the business. As a graduate mechanical engineer, Goran started his private business in a 1994 partnership. He then became independent in 2006 and founded family company Inmold, which has become a serious company over the past 15 years, growing at an average rate of more than 30 per cent annually. He and his wife, Milka, began including their children in the company’s work to a greater or lesser extent, with daughters Dušica and Nevena and sons Slobodan and Dušan joining the business. Although they were all educated abroad, they see their future in Serbia,
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in this family company that employees don’t leave. Their parents are their role models in both work and life, while they are each other’s greatest support. What compelled you to decide to stay with the family company, despite having the clear possibility of working abroad? Dušica: Our father started gradually including each of us in the work before our studies. We travelled a lot with him and met many people from the business world. I quickly realised that a job with the family business would allow me to travel and study. How much of the knowledge that you acquired during your studies have you managed to apply at the company? Dušica: I apply a lot of what I learned during my studies on the job, mostly at
And how useful was the knowledge you acquired at the company during your studies? Dušica: Everything I’ve ever learned could also be applied during my university education at some point. Nevena: Working at the company during my summer holidays changed the way I viewed my studies - I acquired a better notion of what work I wanted to do and how to apply the knowledge I gained at university. Slobodan: The way of thinking and professional knowhow that I mastered at the company helped me to initially pass exams in production engineering. Dušica and Nevena, what is it like to work together in the same company with your sister? Dušica: Work has been easier and more relaxed for me since Nevena joined me, because from that moment I’ve had someone to share the responsibility that we bear on our shoulders, as children of the owner. Nevena: Dušica broke the ice, so it was easier for me. I work with her like I do with every other colleague in the company.
