Skoda

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Škoda (pronunciation: Schkodda ) refers to the following companies:

Škoda is the name of a former conglomerate and its divisions as independent successor companies:

Škoda (mechanical engineering) , Czech mechanical engineering group founded in 1859 and dissolved in 2001
- Škoda Transportation , Czech vehicle manufacturer spun off from the mechanical engineering group in 1995 (locomotives, trams, multiple units, trolley buses, metro trains)
  - Škoda Vagonka , Czech railroad and railcar manufacturer founded in 1900
  - Pars Nova , Czech repairer of rail vehicles founded in 1952
  - Škoda Transtech , rail vehicle manufacturer founded in 1985 and taken over by Škoda in 2018
- Škoda Praha , an energy technology company founded in 1953, spun off from the group as a division in 1993
- Škoda JS , Czech nuclear technology manufacturer spun off from the group in 1993 as a division
- Doosan Škoda Power , in 1993 as Škoda Power spun off from the group as a division and taken over by Doosan in 2009
- Pilsen Steel , Czech steel producer created in 2007 as a merger of the former divisions Škoda, Kovárny, Plzeň (later Škoda Steel ) and Škoda, Hutě, Plzeň

Škoda is part of the name of a car manufacturer:

Škoda Auto , Czech automobile manufacturer founded in 1895 as Laurin & Klement
- Škoda Auto Germany , Škoda Auto's automobile importer founded in 1991
- Škoda Auto India , a subsidiary of Škoda Auto founded in 2001
- Škoda Auto Vysoká škola , a private business school founded by Škoda Auto in 2000

Skoda or Škoda is the family name of the following people:

Albin Skoda (1909–1961), Austrian film and theater actor and voice actor
Anna Skoda , Bohemian toboggan runner in the 1910s
Carl Skoda (1884–1918), Austrian court actor
Claudia Skoda (* 1943), German knit designer
Eva Badura-Skoda (* 1929), Austrian musicologist
Emil Ritter von Škoda (1839–1900), Bohemian industrialist
Felix Skoda (1894–1969), German painter and graphic artist
Franz von Škoda (1801–1888), Czech-Austrian physician
Henri Skoda (* 1945), French mathematician
Jiří Škoda (* 1956), Czechoslovak cyclist
Josef von Škoda (1805–1881), Czech-Austrian physician
Karl Škoda (1872–1930), Austrian veterinarian and university rector
Karl von Škoda (1878–1929), Czech-Austrian engineer and industrialist
Leoš Škoda (* 1953), Czechoslovak ski jumper
Milan Škoda (* 1986), Czech football player
Nicole Brüngger-Skoda (* 1977), Swiss figure skater and ice skating coach
Paul Skoda (1901–1945), German politician (NSDAP)
Paul Badura-Skoda (1927–2019), Austrian pianist
Renate Skoda-Türk (* 1952), Austrian ENT doctor
Rudolf Skoda (1931–2015), German architect

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Wiktionary: Škoda - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wiktionary: škoda - explanations of meanings, word origins , synonyms, translations