Combine (enterprise)

This article is about a form of industrial administration. For all other, see Combine.

Combine (Russian: Комбинат, romanized: Kombinat) is a term for industrial business groups, conglomerates or trusts in the former socialist countries. Examples include VEB Kombinat Robotron, an electronics manufacturer, and IFA, a manufacturer of vehicles, both in East Germany, and the Erdenet copper combine in Mongolia.

One of the 17,000 workers at the Kombinat Robotron in the German Democratic Republic in 1987 working to produce typewriters

Influence

The model of the kombinat was an influence on the development of the Chinese danwei.^[1]: 32

See also

• Production association