About Bjelin
Creating innovative solutions for a lasting future
At Bjelin, we’re all about creating innovative floors that make your home or workspace more beautiful, practical and long-lasting. With a focus on sustainability and cutting-edge technology, our floors strike the perfect balance between durability and style.
As part of the Pervanovo Invest AB Group, we work closely with our sister company Välinge Innovation AB – creators of the click floor – blending world-class innovation with craftsmanship. From our factories in Sweden and Croatia, we craft both timeless wood floors and innovative flooring made from ground-breaking new materials. Using FSC-certified wood and generations of expertise with Slavonic oak, we ensure quality in every product.
With a legacy of pioneering flooring solutions, Bjelin continues to push the boundaries of design and function, driven by our passion for innovation and respect for people and the environment.
Mission
To produce and sell high-quality flooring, furniture and wood materials featuring groundbreaking technologies - always with a focus on sustainability.
Vision
To be pioneers, forever challenging conventional ideas and creating global impact with ground-breaking innovations within the flooring and furniture industry.
Purpose
We shape our industry with innovative technologies and products that last for generations.
Parent company Pervanovo Invest AB
Bjelin is part of Pervanovo Invest AB, a family-owned business started by the Pervan family.
The group’s story began in 1993 with the founding of Välinge Innovation AB, the company that first invented and patented the famous click floor.
In recent years, Pervanovo has grown beyond technology development and licensing, expanding into large-scale flooring production under the Bjelin brand. The group is also active in tourism and property management and continues to thrive across multiple industries.
The image showcases Bjelin’s and Pervanovo’s head office, with Välinge Innovation AB in the background
Sister company Välinge Innovation AB
Välinge Innovation is a global leader in technical advancements for the flooring and furniture industries. Founded in 1993, Välinge revolutionized the industry by inventing the first mechanical locking system for floors, simplifying installation without the need for glue or nails – a game-changing advancement that continues to shape flooring today.
With over 3,500 patents, Välinge licenses its innovative technologies to hundreds of companies worldwide. All development is carried out at its cutting-edge facility in Viken, which is considered the most advanced R&D center for flooring technology in the world. Through close collaboration, Bjelin brings Välinge’s cutting-edge innovations to life, crafting floors that combine tradition with modern technology.
The Spačva forest
With multiple factories in Croatia, we have access to Europe’s largest continuous oak forest, Spačva. This is included in the 36% of Croatia covered by forests. Encompassing 98,320 acres and holding FSC certification, it constitutes a fifth of all Croatian oak forests.
For our flooring production, we rely on the expertise of highly skilled professionals who have honed their craft in the region for generations, traditionally refining the renowned Slavonic oak into wine barrels. Today, they bring that same dedication to producing premium Bjelin floors, ensuring exceptional quality and durability.
Our mega factory Ogulin 2
We design and manufacture our floors in-house at state-of-the-art factories in Sweden and Croatia, using high-quality FSC-certified wood. Our newest facility, Ogulin 2 in Croatia, is set to become the largest wood flooring production site in the world, with a planned capacity of millions of square feet annually. Specializing in Woodura hardened wood floors, Ogulin 2 utilizes Välinge’s ground-breaking technology for large-scale production.
Situated on a vast 3.5 million sqft plot along the motorway between Zagreb and Split, this plant is the hub of Bjelin’s European operations. Production will significantly expand with new lines dedicated to both Woodura hardened wood flooring and core materials, positioning us as an industry leader in innovative flooring solutions.
Ogulin 1 traditional engineered flooring factory
The Ogulin 1 plant is a key player, specializing in planks, traditional three-strip and traditional engineered strips for herringbone installations. Upcoming investments are set to elevate capacity considerably, ensuring we meet the growing demand for high-quality flooring solutions.
This facility features its own sawmill, where we saw and dry logs in modern kilns, transforming them into lamellas for the middle layer of our traditional engineered flooring. The top lamellas are crafted at our Bjelovar factory. Additionally, we prioritize sustainability by repurposing sawdust and wood waste as raw materials for our pellet and briquet production.
Veneer factory and sawmill in Vinkovci
Bjelin Spačva in Vinkovci is our largest facility for processing raw materials, strategically located at the edge of the renowned Spačva forest. This factory has its own sawmill and produces oak veneer, lamellas for traditional engineered floors, and solid laminated wood boards of oak and ash.
We also utilize sawdust and other wood waste for the large-scale production of wood pellets for bioenergy, and to further enhance our eco-friendly operations, we aim to generate a significant portion of our electricity with solar panels on the factory roofs.
As part of our commitment to excellence, Bjelin Spacva, together with our other facility, Bjelin Otok, positions us as Europe’s leading manufacturer of oak veneers, serving both the flooring and furniture industries.
Bjelovar sawmill
The top-layer lamellas for our traditional engineered flooring are crafted at our Bjelovar plant, which includes an advanced sawmill. FSC-certified oak logs are carefully sawn, dried in modern kilns, and processed into high-quality lamellas, ensuring the perfect top layer for traditional engineered flooring. These lamellas are shipped to our Ogulin 1 facility or supplied to other flooring manufacturers.
With the completion of a new sawmill in 2021, production capacity has significantly increased, allowing us to meet the growing demand for premium oak lamellas used in traditional engineered flooring.
Otok veneer factory
Bjelin Otok, located in the heart of Croatia’s Spačva forest, specializes in producing high-quality oak veneer for our long and wide hardened wood floors. Bjelin Otok is one of the most advanced veneer production plants in Europe, recognized for its extremely high standard of oak veneer.
Otok has optimized its production process to craft specialized veneers, featuring a splicing line that seamlessly bonds individual sheets into larger panels. These oak veneer sheets are then efficiently utilized in our pressing lines, enabling the production of millions of square feet of our Woodura hardened wood flooring.
Spin Valis
Spin Valis, a recent addition to the Bjelin family, is one of Croatia’s leading producers of solid wood furniture, located in Požega. Known for its craftsmanship, the facility also produces high-quality briquettes and glued wood panels, catering to both local and international markets.
In line with Bjelin’s commitment to sustainability, Spin Valis utilizes renewable energy sources. The plant generates electricity and thermal energy through biomass and solar panels, ensuring environmentally responsible production.
Välinge Sweden
The state-of-the-art factory in Viken, Sweden, is designed for the large-scale production of Woodura hardened wood floors. With advanced technology and a streamlined production process, this facility can produce millions of square feet of flooring annually, making it one of the most efficient and high-capacity plants.
This factory plays a key role in meeting the growing demand for Woodura hardened wood floors, which are famous for their strength, durability and sustainability. By combining cutting-edge innovation with large-scale production capabilities, the Viken facility is central to Bjelin’s mission of delivering high-quality, wood floors to homes and businesses worldwide.