Company History
Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 February 2012 12:37
- The plant is established in one of the Bratislava buildings owned by the Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic and named "Hlavne autodielne pre Zapadne Slovensko".
- Relocation of the plant to Trencin
- Repairs of military machinery of the former Austro-Hungarian army
- Machinery repair start up is focused on machinery made by several major Czechoslovakian plants such as SKODA, TATRA, PRAGA. After demobilization soldiers are the first to become civilian plant workers with the˙number of 50 people.
- Relocation of the plant into newly built casern in Zlatovce and renamed ZBOROVY AUTOMOBILOVY PARK
- Resumption of repair works after eliminating the damages the plant suffered during the war. The company?s highly skilled employees proved their capabilities during repairing trophy machinery of several different armies.
- Modernization of the plant?s machinery is carried out by means of new tool machines and technologies and focused on production and repair works on STUDEBACKER, TATRA 128 T-1155 vehicles all over the country.
- The plant comes into existence under the name AOZ as an economic organization with a special statute lasting until the Czechoslovakian economic transformation in 1989. On July 1, 1989 after the economic and army transformation AOZ transforms into VOP 027 enterprise with the state?s 100 percent controlling interest.
- 1960 - The enterprise is renamed "Automobilovy opravarsky zavod Zlatovce" and widens the assortment by the Soviet Union automobiles ZIL, GAZ, MAZ and by many others such as H-38, OT-65, OT-64. Along with great increase in short-run production and piece production new process innovation and technologies are put in place with production focused on the army needs.
- The enterprise concentrates on automobile machinery repair works and gradually changes its assortment of repaired machinery. The works include every kind of repair works of armored wheeled transporters and reconstruction of mobile workrooms
- The enterprise is renamed "Automobilovy opravarsky zavod Trencin".
- The enterprise is transformed and renamed - VOJENSKY OPRAVARENSKY PODNIK 027 in accordance with the transformation of the Czechoslovakian economy and transformation of the army. Modernization of mobile workrooms designed for the army and civil sector is under way.
- The enterprise wins a˙tender for a˙contract regarding production and a delivery of watch-towers designated for UNPROFOR army units in former Yugoslavia.
- After the economic transformation the enterprise keeps up the stability and is entrusted to implement every kind of repair technology of tank machinery and its modifications as well as general repairs of UAZ 452 a˙469 vehicles.
- The army has major demand for T-72 a BVP repairs. The enterprise provides assembly of simulators T-55, BVP and their implementation, widens its activities in civil sectors offering mobile workrooms designated for field repairs during dam and highway constructions, gas line maintenance and so on. The plant becomes an authorized dealer of the firm KOPRIVNICE, a.s as well as an exclusive importer and seller of TATRA trucks.
- Establishment of Military Enterprise Trencin, a.s. as a˙successor of the transformed VOP 027 Trencin
- Consolidation of Corporations Vojensky opravarensky podnik Trencin a.s., Letecke opravovne Banska Bystrica and Vojensky technicky ustav Liptovsky Mikulas and origin of Vojensky opravarensky podnik Trencin a.s. with its premises in Banska Bystrica and Liptovsky Mikulas.
- Cancellation of the premises in Liptovsky Mikulas.
