Industry | Manufacturing |
---|---|
Founded | 1925 |
Defunct | 1939 |
Headquarters | Wilno, Second Republic of Poland |
Products | Radio receivers |
Revenue | US$1 million |
Number of employees | 1100 |
Elektrit Radiotechnical Society ( Polish: Towarzystwo Radiotechniczne „ELEKTRIT”) was the largest privately owned company in Wilno, Second Republic of Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania) (1925–39). [1]
With over 1100 workers, the society produced approximately 50 thousand radio receivers annually. [1] A large percentage of the production was exported abroad, mostly to Sweden, Germany, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. [1] The annual turnover exceeded US$1 million. [1] Elektrit proved to be a very successful company and soon became a leading radio manufacturer in Poland.
Following the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, Wilno was occupied by the Soviet Union and the company was nationalized. [1] In 1940 the factory was hastily dismantled and transported to Minsk, where the "Vyacheslav Molotov" Radio Factory was set up. [1] After the war the plant was renamed Minsk Radio and Television Association "Horizont" (Horizon). It produced "Minsk" radio receivers, being copies of Polish pre-war models but with Soviet tube set.
The former Elektrit buildings in Vilnius were used for the Kailis forced labor camp during the German occupation [2] and by a secret Soviet radio factory of the Ministry of Aviation Industry, known as PO Box 555. [3]
Industry | Manufacturing |
---|---|
Founded | 1925 |
Defunct | 1939 |
Headquarters | Wilno, Second Republic of Poland |
Products | Radio receivers |
Revenue | US$1 million |
Number of employees | 1100 |
Elektrit Radiotechnical Society ( Polish: Towarzystwo Radiotechniczne „ELEKTRIT”) was the largest privately owned company in Wilno, Second Republic of Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania) (1925–39). [1]
With over 1100 workers, the society produced approximately 50 thousand radio receivers annually. [1] A large percentage of the production was exported abroad, mostly to Sweden, Germany, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. [1] The annual turnover exceeded US$1 million. [1] Elektrit proved to be a very successful company and soon became a leading radio manufacturer in Poland.
Following the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, Wilno was occupied by the Soviet Union and the company was nationalized. [1] In 1940 the factory was hastily dismantled and transported to Minsk, where the "Vyacheslav Molotov" Radio Factory was set up. [1] After the war the plant was renamed Minsk Radio and Television Association "Horizont" (Horizon). It produced "Minsk" radio receivers, being copies of Polish pre-war models but with Soviet tube set.
The former Elektrit buildings in Vilnius were used for the Kailis forced labor camp during the German occupation [2] and by a secret Soviet radio factory of the Ministry of Aviation Industry, known as PO Box 555. [3]