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VEB Robotron
East German manufacturer of computers and consumer electronics / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the East German computer company. For other uses, see Robotron (disambiguation).
VEB Kombinat Robotron (German: [vaʊ eː beː kɔmbɪnaːt ʁobotʁɔn]) (or simply Robotron) was the largest East German electronics manufacturer. It was headquartered in Dresden and employed 68,000 people in 1989. Its products included personal computers, SM EVM minicomputers, the ESER mainframe computers, various computer peripherals as well as microcomputers, radios, television sets and other items including cookie press Kleingebäckpresse Typ 102.[1]
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Company type | Volkseigener Betrieb |
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Industry | Electronics manufacturer, computer software |
Founded | 1 April 1969; 55 years ago (1969-04-01) in Dresden, German Democratic Republic |
Defunct | 1 July 1990 (1990-07-01) |
Fate | Liquidated / converted into corporations |
Headquarters | , German Democratic Republic |
Key people | Friedrich Wokurka |
Products | A 5120, PC 1715, Robotron K 1840, Robotron KC 87, … |
Number of employees | 68,000 (1989) |
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