Iskra (company)

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Iskra
Founded1946;79 years ago (1946)
Website www.iskra.eu
Iskra stand at the 1961 International fair Modern electronics in Ljubljana Mednarodni sejem Sodobna elektronika v Ljubljani (8).jpg
Iskra stand at the 1961 International fair Modern electronics in Ljubljana

Iskra is a Slovenian company for electromechanics, telecommunications, electronics and automation.

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History

Iskra developed from the SPRAD and a sole Kranj-based factory, founded in 1941 by Germans as a subsidiary of the Luftfahrtgerätewerk Berlin. [1] It was created at the site of the textile factory Jugočeška in Kranj (Krainburg). After the withdrawal of the occupying forces in 1945, the planned demolition of the factory was averted by staff.

In March 1946, Mirjan Gruden renamed Strojne tovarne Kranj to Iskra (Spark). [2]

One year after it was established, Iskra developed its first switch, followed by its first FM antenna, capacitor, and then one of the key milestones in Iskra's success – the establishment of its design department. In 1962, this was the first industrial design department in Yugoslavia. [3] [4]

The bureau for railway automation, BAŽ, was founded.

In the 1970s, Iskra developed into the largest Yugoslav company for electromechanics, telecommunications, electronics and automation, [5] with industrial design in telephony, measuring instruments, and machinery. At the start of the 1990s, Iskra's logo was on all electrical devices, and the product portfolio was expanded with measuring instruments, short-wave navy radio receivers, drilling machines, movie projectors, etc.[ citation needed ]

The Iskra ETA80 series of telephones, first presented at the Ljubljana Electronics Fair in 1978 and entering production in 1980, won numerous international awards for design. Shown is the type ETA85-S (1988). Iskra ETA85-S pushbutton telephone Apr1988.jpg
The Iskra ETA80 series of telephones, first presented at the Ljubljana Electronics Fair in 1978 and entering production in 1980, won numerous international awards for design. Shown is the type ETA85-S (1988).

In 1989, Iskra SOZD consisted of the following organizations: [6]

Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, Iskra privatized in Slovenia. The company's operations in Slovenia were divided into many separate companies, including Iskratel, Iskra Avtoelektrika, Iskraemeco, Fotona, Iskra Amesi, Iskra, elektro in elektronska industrija, d.d. (Iskra d.d. for short) [7]

Today

Iskra d.o.o has been the largest knowledge hub in the region for 75 years. [8] Iskra d.o.o is operating in the areas of

See also

References

  1. ↑ Predan, Barbara; Požar, Cvetka (2009). Iskra non-aligned design 1946-1990. Ljubljana: Arhitekturni muzej Ljubljana. ISBN   978-961-6669-10-8. Archived from the original on 2019-04-05. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Perko, Borut (28 July 2012). "Iskra zapustila Gorenjsko". Slovenske novice. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Iskra's Strategic Milestones". Iskra.eu. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  4. ↑ Perko, Borut (28 July 2012). "Iskra zapustila Gorenjsko". Slovenske novice. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Pregledna razstava Iskra: Neuvrščeno oblikovanje 1946-1990" (PDF) (in Slovenian). Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  6. ↑ Iskra: Vodič po Iskri, Ljubljana, Slovenia: Iskra Commerce, dejavnost marketinških raziskav in komuniciranja, 1989
  7. ↑ Iskra d.d. Web site Archived 2017-05-04 at the Wayback Machine (Source for Iskra d.d. only)
  8. ↑ "Iskra's Strategic Milestones".
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