Nigrad

Nigrad is a public utility company (komunalno podjetje) headquartered at Zagrebška cesta 30 in the Tezno district of Maribor, Slovenia. It operates as a limited liability company, Javno podjetje Nigrad, komunalno podjetje, d. o. o., and is majority-owned by Javni holding Maribor, the municipal holding company of the City of Maribor. Because of its ownership structure and its role in maintaining municipal infrastructure, it functions as a city-level public service provider rather than a purely commercial enterprise. The company's core activities are the maintenance and management of streets, squares and roads together with their associated structures and equipment; the maintenance and management of the sewerage system; the maintenance and management of public lighting and traffic signalling; the maintenance and management of public parking areas; the execution of construction and other works for municipal infrastructure; and an accredited testing laboratory activity. These services make Nigrad a key operational arm of the City of Maribor's communal infrastructure. Nigrad is organised into a management board (uprava) and several business and operational units. The management area includes a quality service and public relations. Business areas cover accounting and finance, human resources, commercial affairs, the vehicle fleet, resource management and development, and an administrative-technical service that maintains the list of official persons. Operational services are divided into public traffic surfaces, sewerage, and public lighting and traffic signalisation. The company is supervised by a supervisory board (nazorni svet) whose members include Gregor Ficko as president, Dejan Stanko as deputy president, Izidor Polanec and Primož Tručl as members, and Mišo Pušnik and Bojan Šuman as worker representatives. On 2 December 2024, Dušan Slapnik, a university graduate civil engineer, became director of the company. As of 8 April 2025, Nigrad had 229 employees, and under Article 55 of the Companies Act (Zakon o gospodarskih družbah) it is classified as a large company. As a municipal utility, Nigrad does not market consumer products under a commercial brand in the conventional sense; its "offerings" are public services delivered under contract or mandate to the City of Maribor and its residents. Its brand identity is tied to reliable communal maintenance, infrastructure works and accredited laboratory testing rather than to retail goods.

Nigrad is a municipal public utility company based in Maribor, Slovenia. It operates under the full legal name Javno podjetje Nigrad, komunalno podjetje, d. o. o., and is majority-owned by Javni holding Maribor, the holding company of the City of Maribor. Its registered seat is at Zagrebška cesta 30 in the Tezno district of Maribor. The company's historical development is closely tied to the municipal infrastructure needs of Maribor. As a communal enterprise, it has been responsible for maintaining and managing the city's public traffic surfaces, sewerage system, public lighting and traffic signalisation, and public parking areas. It also carries out construction and other works for municipal infrastructure and operates an accredited testing laboratory. Nigrad is organised into a management board and several business and operational units. The management area includes a quality service and public relations. Business areas cover accounting and finance, human resources, commercial affairs, the vehicle fleet, resource management and development, and an administrative-technical service that maintains the list of official persons. Operational services are divided into public traffic surfaces, sewerage, and public lighting and traffic signalisation. The company is supervised by a supervisory board (nazorni svet). Its members include Gregor Ficko as president, Dejan Stanko as deputy president, Izidor Polanec and Primož Tručl as members, and Mišo Pušnik and Bojan Šuman as worker representatives. On 2 December 2024, Dušan Slapnik, a university graduate civil engineer, became director of the company. As of 8 April 2025, Nigrad had 229 employees. Under Article 55 of the Companies Act (Zakon o gospodarskih družbah), the company is classified as a large company. As a public utility, Nigrad's role is to ensure the functioning and maintenance of key municipal infrastructure in Maribor. Its activities are mandated or contracted by the city and its holding company, and its performance is tied to the quality of communal services provided to residents and businesses in Maribor.

• Dušan Slapnik becomes director of the company.

• Company reported 229 employees and is classified as a large company under Article 55 of the Companies Act.

Municipal public utility provider for the City of Maribor, focused on communal infrastructure maintenance and accredited testing services.

• Street, square and road maintenance and management

  Maintenance and management of streets, squares and roads with associated structures and equipment.

• Sewerage system maintenance and management

  Maintenance and management of the sewerage system.

• Public lighting and traffic signalisation

  Maintenance and management of public lighting and traffic signalisation.

• Public parking area management

  Maintenance and management of public parking areas.

• Construction works for municipal infrastructure

  Execution of construction and other works for municipal infrastructure needs.

• Accredited testing laboratory

  Accredited activity – testing laboratory.

1. 1Nigrad – Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Nigrad – Wikipedia (Slovenian)sl.wikipedia.org
3. 3Nigrad official websitenigrad.si