GK Međimurje
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| Company type | Public company |
|---|---|
| Industry | construction, civil engineering, building materials, architecture |
| Founded | 1 October 1963 |
| Defunct | 8 November 2010 |
| Fate | Bankruptcy |
| Headquarters | Čakovec, Croatia |
| Products | bricks, building timber, gravel, concrete, buildings, roads, architectural engineering, construction management etc. |
| Total assets | HRD 1,010,603,000 (1991) |
Number of employees | ~8,500 (1980s) |
Građevni kombinat 'Međimurje' (English: 'Međimurje' Construction Company), also known as GK Međimurje, was a large Croatian legal entity whose core business was construction and building materials industry. Based in Čakovec, seat of Međimurje County, it was one of the flagships of the economy of Međimurje region in the 1970s and 1980s as well as one of the most significant construction companies in former Yugoslavia, carrying out works on a number of large structures, from hotels on the Adriatic coast to hospitals, schools and various office buildings in Zagreb and other Croatian cities (for example, the INA building in Šubićeva Street in Zagreb), as well as sports facilities, among which the most famous are those for Winter Olympics 1984. in Sarajevo. During the 1990s, GK Međimurje slowly fell into financial difficulties and most parts of the business ended up in liquidation, with only a few surviving and still operating today.