{"id":33649,"date":"2026-09-09T18:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T16:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.okrasa.sk\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T10:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:34:49","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.okrasa.sk\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"33649\" class=\"elementor elementor-33649 elementor-68\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe2e6dc onas hlavicka darkbg elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fe2e6dc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30e884a\" data-id=\"30e884a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-732885d onas elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"732885d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e85fd30\" data-id=\"e85fd30\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e26160f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e26160f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About us<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e69e238 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e69e238\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Okrasa, a production cooperative for people with disabilities, was founded on 13 June 1954. The aim was to create jobs for unemployed people in the Kysuce region, above all for women at home and for people with reduced working capacity. Mrs Ter\u00e9zia Kollarikov\u00e1 was elected as the first chairwoman. The premises consisted of an older building on the square in \u010cadca with small rooms &#8211; three rooms for production, two for storage and one office. It stood where the Dru\u017eba shopping centre stands today.<\/p>\n<p>After the cooperative was founded, training began. Seventy people took part, but only 38 stayed. They became the core team for the further development of the cooperative.<\/p>\n<p>After 1957 the cooperative acquired another building &#8211; a school in Rakov\u00e1 &#8211; for production purposes. Thirty people were employed there.<\/p>\n<p>In time, however, the condition and capacity of the buildings could no longer meet the growing demand on the domestic and foreign markets. The cooperative therefore built new premises in \u010cadca between 1963 and 1965 (the old plant building in our yard on A. Hlinku street).<\/p>\n<p>Besides moving into the new premises, the plant in \u017dilina &#8211; cardboard packaging, employing 42 people &#8211; was also transferred. Production of thermal-oxide batches was gradually introduced at the plant in Rakov\u00e1, and the plant in Makov produced crusten lampshades.<\/p>\n<p>In 1975 the sewing of tea towels, towels and table linen began in Kloko\u010dov, employing more than 100 people. After buying and renovating a plant in Turzovka, production of wooden goods, serving trolleys, flower pots and similar items was set up there.<\/p>\n<p>In 1987 construction of a new plant began &#8211; today&#8217;s Okrasa production site &#8211; and it was completed in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the lack of demand after 1989, production in Kloko\u010dov was closed, the cardboard packaging plant moved from \u017dilina to \u010cadca, and storage space was created in Rakov\u00e1. The woodworking plant in Turzovka was sold.<\/p>\n<p>In 2001 the name Okrasa, v\u00fdrobn\u00e9 dru\u017estvo invalidov, was changed to Okrasa, v\u00fdrobn\u00e9 dru\u017estvo. Today the cooperative operates only in \u010cadca and focuses above all on making glass Christmas ornaments. Customers are welcome to visit the factory shop on the cooperative&#8217;s premises. The shop was moved into renovated premises after the flood in 2024. Rooms for the creative workshop and customer toilets were renovated at the same time. Guided tours of the production, with the chance to make your own ornament, take place regularly.<\/p>\n<p>For customers who do not live near \u010cadca, Okrasa has this website, so ornaments can be ordered from the comfort of home. The cooperative currently employs a little over 40 people. 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