Creating history
Our story began as long ago as 1926. In that year the Independent Workshop for Construction of Bridges and Steel Structures, as part of The First Yugoslav factory for fabrication of rolling stock, machines and bridges, completed its first significant project: erection of a bridge over the River Tisa, in Titel.
Subsequently, a great number of large projects followed throughout the country; the business program began to expand, and thirty years later we entered the German market. After that, the gateway to the world was wide open to us.
The area of the whole of the former Yugoslavia (Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia), Germany, Austria, Ireland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Turkey, Russia, Tunisia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt, South Africa, Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Colombia, Peru, India, Burma, Indonesia. .. all have witnessed the presence of our work force.
| 2020 | New production facilities at company's headquarters have been completed leading to production capacity increase of 100% |
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| 2016 | Montaza is leaving Bilfinger SE and is becoming once again a company with 100% Croatian ownership on its 90th birthday. Company is returning to its old name - Duro Dakovic Montaza d.o.o. |
| 2012 | Duro Dakovic Montaza changes its name to Bilfinger Duro Dakovic Montaza d.o.o. |
| 2009 | Montaza becomes a part of Bilfinger SE. |
| 2004–2006 | Active participation in construction of structures on new Croatian highways. |
| 2004 | Begins own production of bridges and steel structures. |
| 1999–2002 | Active participation in reconstruction of bridges over the River Sava and River Drava, as well as of power plants demolished during the Homeland War. |
| 1998–2000 | Period of export orientation to European countries (Germany, Austria, Scotland, Ireland, Slovenia) and Mediterranean countries (Lebanon, Tunisia). |
| 1994–1999 | Separation of secondary activities and foundation of affiliated companies. |
| 1996 | By exchanging Duro Dakovic Holding d.d. shares for DD Montaza d.d. shares the company attracts small shareholders. |
| 1994 | The first Croatian construction company to have certified a branch office in Germany in accordance with ISO 9002. |
| 1991 | Following bankruptcy proceedings and reorganization, Montaza is registered as a shareholder company. |
| 1974–1990 | Period of construction of large projects: Krško Nuclear Power Plant, Slovenia; Neka Power Plant, Iran; projects in Iraq and Libya; works in the Bosanski Brod Refinery. Montaza work force numbers almost 3000. |
| 1979 | Montaza becomes a legal independent subject as a work organization and moves to new premises. |
| 1945–1974 | Period of post-war reconstruction and prosperity in construction activities. Construction department completed a large number of projects both at home and abroad on reconstruction of existing and construction of new sugar and cement factories. Construction activities abroad carried out in Belgium, Turkey, Greece, Indonesia, Sudan, Ethiopia, India, East and West Germany. |
| 1956 | Assembly of the first boiler in Germany by Montaza. |
| 1947 | Montaza department operates within Duro Dakovic - Industry for locomotives, machines and bridges. |
| 1926–1938 | Period of intense activity in bridge construction both at home and abroad. |
| 1926 | Commencement of construction activities with the construction of a bridge over the River Tisa, in Titel (Ex Yugoslavia). |
More about DDM history you can find out in the following video: