Elan with a new award - Engineering and Development Team of the Year 2021

Congratulations! Elan has the best engineering and development team in 2021. They earned the most votes for the world's first folding carving ski - the ELAN VOYAGER and the 46-foot ELAN GT6.

We are truly proud to win the Engineering & Development Team of the Year 2021 award. To realise such successful projects as the Voyager folding carving ski or the prestigious GT6 sailing yacht, it was necessary to combine the knowledge and innovation of those of us working today in the development departments of Elan, as well as the technology teams in production. Everything we have learned builds on the tradition and experience of all the previous generations who have come before us at Elan, and we believe that this award belongs to them too. Of course, the work of engineers is never finished, there are new challenges ahead, and we believe that the award will be a motivation for further work and new success stories", added Vinko Avguštin, WSD Development Director. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the newspaper Finance, which uncovers good and successful development stories and helps the wider public to get to know them.

At Elan, we put the user at the forefront of our thinking and are constantly thinking about how to improve their experience. This thinking is intertwined with the brand vision across all areas, which are involved in new projects from the first idea onwards. "All departments have the same goal in mind from the start, and everyone does their best to contribute to new solutions, but it is the engineering and development teams who bring new and breakthrough ideas to life and turn them into a finished product. There is a healthy ambition for global success in all areas and a team approach that often requires new skills and new ways of working, but ultimately enriches, develops and continually pushes us all to a higher level. Congratulations to all the hard-working people in the engineering and development teams, you truly deserve this recognition and we are all extremely proud of you", added Mr. Leon Korošec.

The best engineering and development team of the year is selected by a vote of the representatives of the companies that have participated in the Factory of the Year awards so far. Including the companies participating in the Factory of the Year 2021, there are 37 of them.

Elan is one of the most recognised and global Slovenian brands with a tradition of more than 75 years. The company has won more than 300 international awards for its innovations and achievements. This year alone, they have received the following awards: Engineering and Development Team of the Year 2021; the most prestigious SOF SOF-A award at the 30th Slovenian Advertising Festival for the Elan Voyager - the world's first functional folding ski; the Gold Award of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Gorenjska Region and the Superbrands Slovenia award; the Red Dot awards for the Elan - Voyager - "Best of the best" ski and the Elan GT6 sailboat; the prestigious Plus X Product of the Year award for the Elan Voyager ski; the Brand of the Year award for the Elan Voyager ski; the Elan Voyager - "Best of the best" award for the Elan Voyager ski; the Elan Voyager - "Best of the best" award for the Elan Voyager ski; the Elan Voyager - "Product of the Year" for the Elan Voyager.

We are proud to be creating the future!