The story of MARLENKA begins in 2003. Back then, a small business with just one employee was established. Currently, the MARLENKA products are exported to 44 countries and their unique taste has won countless lifetime customers all over the world.

Year 2003 – the first MARLENKA® cake production hall In 2003 the Armenian native Gevorg Avetisyan and his sister founded a Czech company MARLENKA international, s.r.o. in Frýdek-Místek to produce MARLENKA® honey cakes based on an old Armenian family recipe. In honour of the owner’s mother and daughter the cake was named MARLENKA. At the time of its birth the company has just 1 employee, but keeps dynamically growing ever since. From the very beginning, the honey cakes were made without any preservatives and synthetic colorants. Thanks to the original recipe and quality ingredients they are characterised by exceptional quality and shelf life.

Year 2005 – second production hall opens  After the launch of the second production hall the company has 85 employees and makes 250 thousand cakes per year. By the end of 2008 there are already 186 employees working in continuous operation. Annual produce increases to 1,250,000 cakes. Export of MARLENKA® products begins, at first to the neighbouring countries (Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, and elsewhere). To improve the quality of the health standards and to satisfy the growing demand of the customers, the management decides to invest in a new production plant.

Year 2009 – production in a new hall launches A new modern production hall is completed in April 2009 with an area of 4,000 sq m. There is a fully automated production line, the result of 2 years of designing and construction works delivered specifically for the manufacturing of MARLENKA® honey cakes. It is a one-of-a-kind production line: with its length of 80 metres it is the only one in the world. It can produce 1,000 cakes per 1 hour. The range of products gradually expands to include other honey desserts based on a traditional Armenian family recipes handed down to the company owner, Gevorg Avetisyan. The investments in the production hall and the cutting-edge technologies exceeded CZK 330 million.

In 2014 the original structure is extended by another two-storey hall, with which the overall built-up area increases to 8,000 sq m. The new production hall is equipped with automated lines producing Napoleonky (puff pastry preparation, baking section, decorating, packaging line) and the popular MARLENKA® nuggets. The installation of these machines has led to significant improvements in production efficiency and capacity. The investment exceeded CZK 250 million. MARLENKA® products are exported to more than 35 countries worldwide. A new Visitor Centre has opened at the same time. At the end of year 2014 MARLENKA international, s.r.o. has obtained international food safety standard certificates – BRC and IFS. Obtaining these two certificates at once and at the very first attempt testifies an exceptionally high quality of production and observance of the highest standards at MARLENKA international s.r.o.

Year 2017 – business development MARLENKA international s.r.o. is a young, modern, and dynamically evolving company, which has been investing in the development and expansion of its production capacities and employees since the very beginning of its business. The annual rise in production (2015 – approx. 5.2 mil products, 016 – 6.5 mil. products) and revenues (2015 – CZK 342 mil., 2016 – CZK 420 mil.) well illustrates this. More than 1 billion CZK will be invested in the company’s development from 2009 till the end of 2018. All the production technologies are developed and designed bespoke, and MARLENKA® is actively involved in the design process. The last phase of the development is the delivery of a fully automated and robotically operated cool warehouse with a capacity of 1,600 pallet spaces and height of 40 m; other innovations of the production lines shall be under way to further increase the existing production capacity.

Year 2021 - modernization At the turn of 2020 and 2021 we completed the last phase of modernization and expansion of the company facilities so far. We opened a new Visitor Centre , which includes also our first original MARLENKA store. New office facilities have been completed as well.