Florjancic

We washed it, and everything was perfect, Florjancic says.

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Print Peter Florjancic: Slovenian inventor extraordinaire In 1943, 24-year-old Peter Florjancic, then known as an Olympic ski jumper representing Yugoslavia, expected to be called up to fight for the German army on the Russian front.

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Florjancic would not return to Bled for more than 50 years, time he used to make and blow several small fortunes - and in doing so hobnob with the social elite of the day.

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But not every one of Florjancic's ideas has unearthed pots of gold.

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Florjancic withdrew the patent, and earned nothing from the plastic zip's eventual triumph, when it was re-invented by someone else using tougher materials.

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But Florjancic spent much of it on living the high-life in Davos and Zurich, where he met his wife.

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A poolside meeting with Ilhamy Hussein Pasha, an associate of King Farouk of Egypt, resulted in a long collaboration, during which Florjancic invented a perfume atomiser spray that is still in use all over the world today.

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High school softball: Midview's Brittany Stone flirts with perfect game, settles for first high school no-hitter Matt Florjancic | The Chronicle-Telegram

Chronicle-Telegram 2009

During his tenure, Florjancic helped restore operational stability, completed two re-financings of the company's debt, resulting in significant interest savings, and grew company revenues by almost 50 percent, from approximately $860 million in 2004 to approximately $1.2 billion in 2008.

The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

Florjancic will remain with Safety-Kleen in a consulting capacity for several months to assist the company's Board of Directors in conducting a search for his successor and provide for an orderly transition.

The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009