About us
From a garage in Slovenia to kitchens and backyards across Europe — the Glowen story is a story about pizza, obsession, and the stubborn belief that everyone deserves a perfect crust.
The origin · 2018
Grega Ivančič wasn’t chasing a business plan. He was chasing a perfect Neapolitan — the kind where the crust bubbles and chars in 60 seconds, the kind you only get from a real wood-fired oven. He couldn’t find one he liked. So he built one. In his garage. In Ormož.
“I wanted the pizza I had in Naples. I couldn’t afford a restaurant oven. So I made my own.”
That first oven went into Grega’s food truck, Pizza Fabrika — which quickly became one of Slovenia’s most-loved pizza trucks. People didn’t just ask where the pizza was from. They asked where the oven was from.
How we got here
Grega builds the first oven by hand in Ormož. No investors, no product roadmap — just a welding helmet, a vision and a very specific craving for Neapolitan pizza.
The oven goes into Grega’s food truck. Slovenians taste the difference immediately — and the oven gets more attention than the pizza.
Glowen sets up its first manufacturing line, with four committed employees at the helm.
Glowen ovens start shipping across the EU and beyond. The Raptor and Dragon each find their audience — from home cooks to catering pros.
Back in the workshop every week, testing new builds and pushing for faster heat-up, better insulation and smarter design. “Good enough” was never the goal.
The ovens
Three families, each built for a different way of cooking. The numbers are the ones we publish.
Multi-fuel · wood, charcoal & gas
Wood-fired tradition or gas convenience — you choose. The hybrid serious home cooks reach for first, from the 38 cm Raptor 1 to the 60 × 50 cm Raptor 2.
Gas · home-focused
Fast, consistent and built for backyards and balconies. Gas-powered simplicity without giving up the heat a real crust needs.
Wood · XL
Powerful and high-capacity: a wood-fired oven with pizzeria-level heat that bakes several pizzas at once — for enthusiasts, events and big gatherings.
What we believe
Every oven is engineered in Ormož, Slovenia. Local craft, real materials, people who care what their name is on.
480 °C minimum is non-negotiable. You can’t make a Neapolitan pizza at 300 °C, so every oven is designed to reach and hold the temperature real pizza demands.
We build for the people who cook every weekend, not for the ones who want a photo.
We are not selling appliances. We are selling the moment you pull a perfect pizza out of the fire and the table goes quiet for a second.
The team
Still obsessing over the same things — temperature, materials, the sound a good crust makes when you tap it. The best pizza you have ever made is still ahead of you.
Company
Our team in Ormož answers every message: support@glowen.si