Litostroy

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Litostroj Steel Ltd.
legal form Ltd.
founding 1947
Seat Ljubljana
management Miroslav Gnamuš
Branch Automobile manufacturer
Website www.litostrojgroup.com

Litostroj-Renault 8 from 1970

Litostroj Steel Ltd. is a Slovenian company.

Company history

Titovi Zavodi Litostroj was founded in 1947 in Ljubljana in what was then Yugoslavia for steel production. Automobiles were made between 1969 and 1972 . In 1991 the name was changed to Litostroj Tovarna Ulitkov doo , in 1999 to Litostroj Ulitki doo and in 2007 to Litostroj Steel Ltd. The company has also been active in the electricity market since 2000.

Hydro energy

Litostroy is a major company in the heavy industry sector. Especially water turbines for dam projects could be exported in large numbers.

vehicles

The company signed a contract with Renault for the assembly of passenger cars . Production of the Renault 4 began in November 1969 . Initially on offer were the Renault 4 models as passenger cars and delivery vans , 6 , 8 , 10 and 16 . In 1970 the 12 was added to the range as a sedan and station wagon . Production ended in September 1972. A total of 20,449 copies were made. Renault then agreed with Industrija Motornih Vozil from Novo mesto to continue licensed production.

literature

  • Bernard Vermeylen: Cars from the Eastern Bloc. All models since 1945. Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-7688-3149-9 .

Web links

Commons : Litostroj  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Company history on the company's website (accessed February 11, 2013)
  2. ↑ a b c d Report on the Renault 4 (English, accessed on February 11, 2013; PDF; 913 kB)
  3. ↑ a b c Vermeylen: Cars from the Eastern Bloc. All models since 1945.