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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBehind this gesture lies a life story rarely heard. Ignjatovi\u0107\u2019s path to success was neither easy nor predetermined. It began in the 1960s when he traveled to Italy intending to buy clothing. From Trieste, he returned not with jeans, but with an idea that would change his life\u2014in his bag were not pants, but packs of brake pads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI saw brake pads in a shop window and realized no one was dealing with this back home. I bought a few as a trial. I installed everything within a month. Then I returned with a bag full of brake pads and sold everything immediately,\u201d Ignjatovi\u0107 recalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From that moment, his business grew. Soon, he was importing goods from Italy in trucks, expanding production to clutch plates and heavy machinery components, especially important for tractors that were overhauled during winter in cooperatives across Serbia. Ignjatovi\u0107\u2019s workshop became renowned far beyond Smederevo, with their work sought even outside the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA new clutch plate for a Ferguson cost 1,200 marks, but we did the overhaul for 600. People would line up,\u201d Zoran says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yet behind the success were also difficult years. A childhood marked by poverty, work \u201cin service\u201d until age thirty, and the modesty that accompanied each day left a lasting mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI went to school with two pieces of bread and a bit of sugar. Other kids had drumsticks and fried eggs. I even dropped that sugar\u2014and I cried,\u201d he recalls today with a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From those memories, from the difficult path and family upbringing, arose the need to give. The gold coin for the first-born baby is neither an advertisement nor an obligation\u2014it is a personal vow of a man who understands how little it means to someone who has, and how much it can mean to someone just beginning life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n HUMANITY IN ACTION: Students in the blockade of Subotica collected aid for 13 vulnerable families! (PHOTO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTESLA STILL SHAPES THE MODERN WORLD TODAY\u201d: Consul General Bozovic opened a conference in New York dedicated to the Serbian scientist! (PHOTO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTHEY ASKED ME TO SAY THAT I TESTIFIED FALSELY\u201d: Olgica has been enduring torture for months because she will be on the student list in Bajina Basta!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n BRUSSELS IGNORES THEIR DEMANDS: Truck drivers from Serbia and BiH announced a blockade of all border crossings with Schengen countries!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-35.png\")
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