Česká zbrojovka (Uherský Brod)
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| legal form | as |
| founding | 1936 |
| Seat | Uherský Brod |
| management | Lubomír Kovařík |
| Number of employees | 1756 (2015) |
| sales | 3.37 billion crowns (2015) |
| Branch | Weapons, engineering |
| Website | czub.cz / czub.cz/de |
Česká zbrojovka as is an arms and industrial company in Uherský Brod in the Czech Republic (and former Czechoslovakia ). The then pure armaments company, which is now also active in the field of mechanical engineering, was founded in 1936 as part of the relocation of some armaments industry by Česká zbrojovka in Strakonice . In order to distinguish it from other similarly named companies, the name Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod is also used, usually abbreviated ČZUB . The name Česká zbrojovka stands for Czech Arms Factory .
history
After Hitler came to power , the Czechoslovak Defense Ministry decided to relocate the arms factories near the border to eastern areas. This project was also submitted to the Česká zbrojovka arms factory in Strakonice , which bought a site in Uherský Brod ; The groundbreaking ceremony was held on July 28, 1936, construction was completed at the end of November 1936, and production began on February 1, 1937. July 27, 1936 is named as the founding date.
Company history
In its 80-year history, the company has changed its name about eight times. The company's development went as follows:
- June 27, 1936 - Establishment of Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod as a branch of Česká zbrojovka AG Strakonice
- February 1, 1937 - Start of production
- 1939–1945 - During the time of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia , the plant produces and supplies weapons for the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS
- 1945 - The company is now called Česká zbrojovka Strakonice, as, závod Uherský Brod (Strakonice Arms Factory, Uhersky Brod Plant)
- January 1, 1950 - The company was subordinated to the Přesné strojírenství ( precision engineering ) general directorate in Prague as a "state-owned company" Závody přesného strojírenství Uherský Brod ( precision engineering company )
- April 1, 1958 - the plant was subordinated to the Zbrojovka Vsetín plant (then Závody říjnové revoluce )
- July 1, 1965 - the company was subordinated to the General Directorate of Zbrojovka Brno under the name Přesné strojírenství in Uherský Brod
- January 1, 1983 - the company was incorporated into the Agrozet Brno concern (manufacture of agricultural machinery) under the name of Agrozet, Uherský Brod concern
- July 1, 1988 - Spin-off from Agrozet Brno and independently under the old name Česká zbrojovka, Uherský Brod
- May 1, 1992 - privatization as joint stock company Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod as
The decision that Uherský Brod should take over the entire pistol production from the former parent company in Strakonice was made in 1951, but it was only implemented in the following years. The plant thus became the main manufacturer of pistols, submachine guns, rifles and machine guns in Czechoslovakia.
subsidiary company
Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod currently has two large subsidiaries:
- ČZ-USA , based in Kansas City, founded in 1997 with the aim of manufacturing weapons for the US market and importing them from the Czech Republic
- Zbrojovka Brno , based in Brno, is not the company founded in 1918 that ceased production in 2006, but a company set up by ČZUB, for which the trademark rights were later secured, so that it could be renamed.
There are also some smaller subsidiaries such as ČZ Brazil (Brazil), Union ČS (Slovakia) and others. a.
Current situation
Weapons production, which was the main focus of the product range when the company was founded, is still one of the most important branches of production today - handguns make up two thirds of sales. Here handguns play the most important role for the army, police and other security associations, but hunting and sports are slowly gaining in importance. In 2011 over one hundred and seventy thousand small arms were manufactured.
While around 70 percent of handguns were exported in 2011, it was already around 90 percent in 2014/2015. The largest buyers at that time were the Thai Army and the Ministry of the Interior of Egypt, hunting and sporting weapons were to a large extent on the market in Russia and Australia. The share of the company ČZUB in total arms exports from the Czech Republic is around 25 percent.
The company, which had almost 1,800 employees in 2014/2015, achieved sales of over 2 billion crowns in 2011, then 2.69 billion crowns in 2013 and 3.37 billion crowns in 2014.
Products
The portfolio of Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod is still mainly made up of the manufacture of weapons, in particular handguns. Successful products include, for example:
- Pistols: ČZ 75 , pistol vz. 82 , CZ P-09
- Rifles: ČZ ZKM 452 , CZ 700
- Submachine guns: scorpion , samopal vz. 58 ,
- Assault rifles: CZ 805 BREN
- Hunting and sporting weapons: CZ 455 , CZ 527
At the present time, civil production is still an important part of the company's portfolio, accounting for around a third of sales. These mechanical engineering products are primarily various parts for the automotive and aircraft industries.
Remarks
- ↑ Different dates are occasionally given for the founding day as well as for the start of production, etc., which differ by just a few days or weeks.
- ↑ The organizational structural measures that were carried out by the Czechoslovak government in 1946–1989, in particular, lead to the fact that even in the official documents of one and the same company these are recorded imprecisely and contradictingly.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Česká zbrojovka as - Zaznamenali jsme nejlepší výsledek v historii. Interview with the general director of ČZUB Lubomír Kovařík, In: Industry news portal Svět Průmyslu , 6/2016 from December 17, 2015, online at: svetprumyslu.cz/… ( Memento from February 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b History, proměny, programy , website of the company Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod, online at: czub.cz/cz/… ( Memento from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), German czub.cz/de/… ( Memento from December 22nd, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Česká zbrojovka - zbraně pro celé dvacáté století , report by the TV station ČT24 from February 1, 2012, online at: ceskatelevize.cz/ct24/…
- ↑ Jaromír Vykoukal: Zbraně pro pěchotu první republiky 3rd díl. Kapitola třetí: Vybudování československého moderního zbrojního průmyslu (The Origin of Modern Czechoslovak Industry), online at: vojsko.net/…
- ↑ About CZ. History , website of ČZ-USA, online at: cz-usa.com/company/…
- ↑ David Pazdera: První byla padesátka - 55 let pistolí z Uherského Brodu , in: Střelecká revue 1/2013, onhline (Reprint) on: czub.cz/… ( Memento from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Basic company data, website ČZUB, online at: czub.cz/de/… ( Memento from February 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ About us , the company's portal, online at: zbrojovka-brno.cz/…
- ↑ ZBROJOVKA BRNO Gun Values , online at: bluebookofgunvalues.com/… ( Memento from January 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Výroční zpráva. Česká zbrojovka as Uherský Brod. 2013 (Annual Report 2013 ČZUB), online at: czub.cz/… ( Memento from February 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), p. 5
- ↑ a b c d Česká zbrojovka v loňském roce vytvořila rekordní dvoumiliardovou tržbu , report Mediafax / Akcie v ČR of February 11, 2012, online at: www.kurzy.cz/…
- ↑ Výroční zpráva. Česká zbrojovka as Uherský Brod. 2013 (Annual Report 2013 ČZUB), online at: czub.cz/… ( Memento from February 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), p. 7
- ↑ Manufacturer overview of the individual branches of arms, online at: czub.cz/de/catalog/… ( Memento from February 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Produktový katalog 2015 (product catalog 2015), online at: ceska-zbrojovka.cz/…
- ↑ Catalogs and overviews, online at: czub.cz/cz/download… ( Memento from February 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Production possibilities , overview of the mechanical engineering sector , online at: czub.cz/de/catalog/… ( Memento from February 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )