LTM today

LTM adjusts the structure of the employees according to the activity from the registration and according to the needs for the services in the economy.
Also, according to the needs and requirements, LTM also uses external cooperation with expert associates for particular fields of the activity.

Today, in LTM are carried out the services of tests of fire resistance of materials and structures, certification of construction products and heat treatment of steel materials and structures.
For the services of tests of fire resistance of materials and structures (in the fields of construction and shipbuilding), LTM possesses the authorizations of the following institutions:

  • Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets
  • Croatian Register of Shipping.

We cooperate closely with the Inspection of fire protection, firefighting and civil protection with the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia – Directorate of Civil Protection. In the field of fire resistance tests of elements of typical building structures, LTM is accredited by HAA, the Croatian Accreditation Agency. With the recognition and joining of the Republic of Croatia to EU, we became a recognized EC body with the number 2483.
By horizontal notification, we are authorized per a number of test standards according to which we test construction products.

For the services of heat treatment of steel, i.e. steel structures of all dimensions and weights, we possess a furnace in our own plant, as well as prefabricated furnaces of all sizes that can be installed in client’s plants, according to the client’s needs.
The number and qualification  on the employees of LTM, in the new own business premises with the adequate equipment, enables the work on:

  • testing of fire resistance of construction products and construction structures
  • certification of construction products
  • heat treatment of steel, i.e. steel structures (preheating, annealing, normalization).

LTM vision

After entering of our laboratory in the community of authorized European test laboratories, our wish is to become in that community the laboratory recognizable by its quality, accuracy and attentiveness, as we have been at the regional level so far.
We also wish to permanently improve knowledge, expertise and experience, maintain objectivity and independence, and be a reliable partner to clients.
With such an attitude, LTM will realize progress and affirm itself at the market and social level, as it has been doing until now.

LTM through history

1932.

Laboratory for thermal measurements (LTM) was established in 1932 with the Technical Faculty in Zagreb.

1950.

Within the newly established Institut za elektroprivredu (Energy Institute) in Zagreb, LTM experiences rapid development in the theoretical and in the practical part of laboratory tests and measurements, fire tests, and with the introduction of the services of heat treatment of steel, i.e. steel structures into its activity.

1978.

The employees of LTM decide (at the time of establishing of OOURs (Basic Organizations of Associated Labour)) to leave the Institute and transfer to “Zavod za zavarivanje i toplinsku tehnologiju” (“Institute for Welding, Testing and Technology”) – Zagreb as a separate organizational unit.

1984.

In 1984, it leaves the Institute as a complete unit and is transferred to the company “Zagrebački centar za zaštitu od požara i zaštitu na radu” (“Zagreb Centre for Fire Protection and Occupational Health and Safety”) – Zagreb.

06 February 1990

By the resolution of the District Commercial Court in Zagreb, the LTM employees see LTM organized as a new company entitled LTM – “Laboratorij za toplinska mjerenja, proizvodnju, usluge, trgovinu i marketing” s p.o. (“Laboratory for thermal measurements, production, services, trade and marketing” unlimited), Zagreb – Lučko, Hrastovička bb

1993.

LTM enters the change of the form of organization (by privatization) into LTM d.o.o. (LTM Ltd.)

2013.

LTM continues operating under the name LTM d.o.o. “Laboratorij za toplinska mjerenja” (“Laboratory for thermal measurements”), at the new address Stubička Slatina 26, 49243 Oroslavje.