Kombinat Zentronik

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The VEB Kombinat Zentronik , called centronics for short , was an industrial combine in the area of ​​the Ministry of Electrical Engineering and Electronics of the GDR .

The combine was formed on April 1, 1969 from operations of the VVB data processing and office machines. The parent company was the VEB Büromaschinenwerk Sömmerda , the headquarters of the combine management was Erfurt . On December 31, 1977 the combine was dissolved, the combine operations were connected to the VEB Kombinat Robotron , which was also founded in 1969 .

General director of the combine was Wolfgang Lungershausen .

Combine companies and their profile

Under the brand DARO (abbreviation for data processing, automation, rationalization, organization) z. B. sold this Erika typewriter with a Russian keyboard.

(Previous company names, brands and product lines are shown in italics )

  • VEB Büromaschinenwerk Sömmerda, Rheinmetall
    • "Soemtron": "Supermetall" : punch card technology, printing technology, writing technology, invoicing machines
    • "President": dot matrix printer
  • VEB booking machine works Karl-Marx-Stadt , Astra / Wanderer-Continental
    • "Ascota": workstation computers, booking machines , adding machines, typing technology
  • VEB Rechenelektronik Meiningen Zella-Mehlis , Mercedes
    • "Cellatron": small computing systems, mechanical and electronic calculating machines, typing technology, accounting machines, adding machines
  • VEB Optima Typewriter Works Erfurt , Olympia

Writing technique

  • VEB Typewriter Factory Dresden, Seidel & Naumann
    • "Erika": small typewriters, "Ideal": office typewriters
  • VEB REISS measuring and drawing equipment, Bad Liebenwerda
    • Drawing instruments, office furniture and laboratory equipment, slide rules
  • VEB Secura works Berlin
    • Cash registers, copier technology

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