Sloboda (defense company)
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 Sloboda Čačak Main Entrance, September 2019 | |
Native name | Template:Lang-sr |
|---|---|
| Company type | Joint-stock company |
| Industry | Defense |
| Founded | 12 October 1948 |
| Headquarters | Rajka Mitrovića bb, , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Zoran Stefanović (General director) |
| Products | Ammunitions |
| Revenue |  €62.21 million (2018[1]) |
| €3.51 million (2018[1]) | |
| Total assets |  €117.57 million (2018[1]) |
| Total equity | €49.81 million (2018[1]) |
| Owner | Government of Serbia (52.16%) Social capital (37.23%) Serbian Development Fund (10.61%) |
Number of employees | 2,121 (2018)[1] |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references Business ID: 07206178 Tax ID: 100892378 [2] | |
Sloboda Čačak (full legal name: Kompanija Sloboda akcionarsko društvo Čačak) is a Serbian ammunition and manufacturing company founded in 1948. Its headquarters is in Čačak, Serbia. With around 2,000 employees, it is one of the largest enterprises in Čačak and Moravica District.
History
Sloboda Čačak was established on 12 October 1948 by the Yugoslav government. In Tito's Yugoslavia, it was one of the largest enterprises in the country, having around 7,000 employees. It manufactured a variety of products, for military use and for home appliances. The production was greatly reduced during the 1990s breakup of Yugoslavia, when Western countries imposed sanctions on FR Yugoslavia. During the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the company's facilities were several times bombed.
In 2016, one of its destroyed facilities was reconstructed and put into operation.[3] In November 2017, former prominent company's subsidiary "Sloboda aparati" (home appliances), finally transferred its facilities to Sloboda Čačak (military ammunition). During 2017, the Government of Serbia invested two million euros in company's modernization, for the needs of defense industry.[4] From 2010 to 2017, 30 million euros has been invested in company's facility.[5] As of 2017, the company has around 2,300 employees and new contracts worth 150 million euros.[5] In May 2018, the Minister of Defence of Serbia announced further investments over the next three years.[6]
In October 2018, the company celebrated its 70-year anniversary.[7]
Products
Sloboda Čačak manufactures different types of ammunition and RPG-s.
Among them are:
- M79 Osa
- M80 Zolja
- M90 Stršljen
- 100mm, 125mm Tank ammunition
- 20,23,30,37,40 and 57mm caliber ammunition
- 76,100,105,122,152,155mm artillery ammunition [8]
Incidents
On 12 January 2010, one employee was hurt after explosion in pyrotechnics department of the factory.[9] On 27 December 2010, there were series of explosions in pyrotechnics department, however nobody was injured.[9] On 1 July 2013, two employees were injured in an explosion in a production line.[9]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "СТО НАЈ... привредних друштава у Републици Србији у 2018. години" (PDF). apr.gov.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ Основни подаци о привредном друштву. apr.gov.rs (in Serbian). Serbian Business Registers Agency. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "Sloboda Čačak obnovila halu srušenu u bombardovanju". n1info.com (in Serbian). 24 October 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ "Vojne fabrike u dugovima, hale i oprema zastareli". danas.rs (in Serbian). 24 April 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Čačak: "Sloboda" duplirala proizvodnju, ugovoreni poslovi od 150 miliona evra". blic.rs (in Serbian). 14 June 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "Vulin: Nisu isto pekara i "Sloboda"". b92.net (in Serbian). Beta. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ Ilić, V. (5 October 2018). ""Sloboda" za jaču vojsku". novosti.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ https://www.scribd.com/doc/33980537/KATALOG-SLOBODA-2005-SAJAM
- ^ a b c "U nesrećama u namenskoj industriji za 11 godina poginulo 15 radnika". blic.rs (in Serbian). Beta. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
External links
- Official website
- Vulin: Slobodan je onaj narod koji ima snažnu vojsku at blic.rs (in Serbian)
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