Brother and sister, Goran Pejicic and Gordana Kljakic, and their company, Perfetto Plus from Nevesinje, are one of those brave and valuable exceptions, raising hopes for a better tomorrow.

After five years in Italy, where he worked in a cheese factory, Mr. Pejicic out of love for his hometown Nevesinje returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with his sister Gordana, and, in 1997 he founded a company for the production of cheese and other dairy products, Perfetto Plus. 

A 20-liter container with which they began manufacturing is still used in the family house in Nevesinje, although the production increased, and the house was a subject of continuous adaptations in order to meet this growth. 

The first cheese they produced was the Italian Fiocchi di latte. After that, they invested a lot of effort in the production of various cheeses from Nevesinje area on the basis of traditional recipes. 

Today, Perfetto Plus is the most popular company in eastern Herzegovina, known for the production and sale of dairy products. The company produces a variety of cheeses and dairy products such as local kačkavalj cheese, thick cream (kajmak) cheese, mozzarella of Nevesinje, cheese for pies, dietetic cheese, torotan cheese, feta cheese, full-fat cheese from the bellows etc. and their customers have only words of praise for these products.

Specialties the company is particularly proud of are the cheese from the bellows and thick cream (kajmak) cheese, and those are also the most sought after. At first, the traditional products of this kind were sold in limited quantities in the market, and after the launch of Perfetto Plus they have become available to customers across Herzegovina. 

Given that this is a family company, the production process involves members of the immediate and extended family, and the company employs four staff and 150 contractors. Customers are both large and small stores, retail chains in Nevesinje area and beyond. 

In order to employ a higher level of production capacity of the Perfetto Plus company, it is necessary to primarily increase the production capacity of small producers to purchase from. The long-term plan of the company is to relocate the production to another location, which will allow for faster growth and better-working conditions. Additional challenges for the company are the collection of payments and standardisation of quality and taste of the product produced in line with the most stringent criteria. 

The company’s success was achieved thanks to Goran’s and Gordana’s hard work, continuous improvement and a number of experiments that have been a great joy for this business enthusiastic duo, when successful.

Gordana emphasizes that no place in the world is ideal, but that neither her family nor she wanted to be anywhere else than in their native land where they find it to be the most beautiful of all.

The article was taken from www.restart.ba. Source: Emigration and development of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Best practices.