During that time 15% of the production was already exported to Great Britain, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Austria, Australia and Italy. Lack of space was the main obstacle for further development, and therefore new functional production premises were built, and the production moved in 1977 to new premises on the present location. A year later a modern galvanic line for nickel plating was built, and thus good conditions were given for a steep rise of the company Niko among the top producers of lever arch mechanisms in Europe.