Today, the Ilirija Group is a company with 220 employees and the full name Ilirija, razvoj, proizvodnja in trženje kozmetičnih izdelkov, d. o. o..
With the renovation of the production plant in Lendava in 2009 in accordance with the EU regulations on the regularity of cosmetics production, we have provided the optimum conditions for production, particularly for the key areas of hair cosmetics, facial cosmetics, and hair colourants. On-going investments in the production plant has enabled us to keep up with the modern trends that top-level products and high quality ingredients demand. in 2022, we also opened a modern warehouse for finished goods.
The company, today known as Ilirija d. o. o., started in 1908, when the company's founder, Franc Golob, together with 6 of his associates started a company called Golob & Ko. They started manufacturing shoe and leather cleaning products for which Ilirija brand name was used for the first time. After some time, the factory was renamed to Ilirija.