VEB Steremat
The VEB Steremat (later with the name affix " Hermann Schlimme ") was located on the site of the former Agfa company complex on Jordanstrasse in Berlin-Alt-Treptow after the Second World War . Not far from this first operating location was also the parent company of the state-owned combine Elektro-Apparate-Werke Berlin-Treptow "Friedrich Ebert" (EAW), into which VEB Steremat was later incorporated.
In 1956 VEB Steremat / Indukal u. a. Developed and produced high frequency generators. After two more years, these generators could be implemented in specially developed UNITHERMA hardening systems . These systems worked according to the induction hardening process and were mainly intended for the industry of the GDR, but were also used in other Eastern Bloc countries .
From 1963 crystal growing systems were built at the Berlin-Treptow location . These systems work according to the zone melting process and produce (and still do today) high-purity silicon single crystals . These were needed for the advancing semiconductor technology in the GDR.
In addition, the terminals for the Robotron P8000 computer were manufactured at VEB Steremat . In addition, a reel tape recorder with cassette technology for laboratory applications from 1973 is known. Radio clock receivers such as the radio clock T shown here, which were used by the National People's Army of the GDR and the Ministry for State Security, were also part of the company's production range .
In the 1980s, the VEB Steremat also produced radio receivers as part of the so-called consumer goods production. At times, production was also taken over in the event of capacity bottlenecks in the manufacture of portable radios (Stern Contura) and cassette devices (R4100) from Stern Radio Berlin .
In addition to civilian products, VEB Steremat also manufactured equipment for military and secret service tasks at the Strausberg production site near Berlin. This included u. a. the cipher T-310/50 , which was used by the ZCO (Central Cipher Organ of the GDR) for the cipher services of the GDR's communications system, such as B. the Ministry for State Security, Main Department III, Headquarters Enlightenment Department N, the National People's Army, Kominatbetriebe as well as state and social organizations ( SED , FDJ , FDGB ), was commissioned.
In 1988 VEB Steremat had over 2000 employees at several production locations, including Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin-Treptow, Fredersdorf (near Berlin) and Strausberg (near Berlin).
The company was dissolved in 1990 by the Treuhandanstalt .
Several companies emerged from VEB Steremat between 1990 and 1991, including Steremat Elektrowärme GmbH, Steremat Employment Company mbH , Steremat AFS GmbH , Steremat CompART GmbH , STEREMAT Immobilien Verwaltungs und Vertriebs GmbH and Steremat Galvanic & Lackierung . Some of the 2000 employees were still employed in these companies. The company Steremat Induktion GmbH holds the naming rights of the Steremat brand.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Oldtimerradio: Company history VEB Steremat Berlin
- ^ Radiomuseum: Information and history of Steremat
- ^ The SAS and encryption service (SCD) T-310/50 ARGON
- ^ Karl Eckart: Germany as a business location . Duncker & Humblot, 1997, ISBN 3-428-09178-7 .