Iskra (company)

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

Iskra

Founded	1946; 79 years ago (1946)
Website	www.iskra.eu

Iskra stand at the 1961 International fair Modern electronics in Ljubljana

History

Iskra developed from the SPRAD and a sole Kranj-based factory, a former subsidiary of the Luftfahrtgerätewerk Berlin. ^[1]

In 1946, Mirjan Gruden renamed Strojne tovarne Kranj to Iskra (in Slovenian: 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]}

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

• Iskra Banka
• Iskra Commerce
• Iskra Servis
• Iskra Telematika
• Iskra Delta
• Iskra Kibernetika
• Iskra električna orodja
• Iskra Elektrozveze
• Iskra Merilna elektronika
• Iskra Elektrooptika
• Iskra Avtomatika
• Iskra Orodja
• Iskra Elementi
• Iskra Mikroelektronika
• Iskra Antene
• Iskra Elekroakustika
• Iskra Elektromotorji
• Iskra Videomatika
• Iskra Rotomatika
• Iskra Avtoelektrika
• Iskra Kondenzatorji
• Iskra Baterije Zmaj
• Iskra Institut za kakovost
• Iskra "ZORIN"
• Iskra Invest servis
• Iskra High School

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

• Energy sector
• Electrotechnical components
• Efficient Installations
• Traffic
• Telecommunications
• Security, supply and facility management

See also

• List of companies of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

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".