Zakłady Przemysłu Bawełnianego "Frotex"
 | This article may require copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone, or spelling. (June 2018) |
 | |
.jpg) | |
| Industry | Textile industry |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1845 |
| Founder | Samuel Fränkel |
| Defunct | 5 July 2014 |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Headquarters | , Poland |
| Products | Terrycloth |
Zakłady Przemysłu Bawełnianego "Frotex" S.A., based in Prudnik has received awards and honours, including the title "The Best in Poland", which is granted via a consumer competition organised by the Hipolit Cegielski Society for producers of quality goods.[1]
Towels produced by "Frotex" were exported to a number of countries including Italy, Belgium, Spain, Denmark, Slovenia, Croatia, United Kingdom, USA, and Australia.
History
Zakłady Przemysłu Bawełnianego "Frotex" S.A. traces its roots to the middle of the 19th century, when Samuel Fränkel opened a linen fabric factory in the area of modern Prudnik in 1845. Soon after, the factory took over a local competitor, which went bankrupt, and gained a monopoly in the region. The production of towels and terrycloth began in 1903. World War I stopped the dynamic growth of the factory, whose products were by then known in the German, English, French and American markets. By virtue of the Nuremberg agreement, the company was taken over by inheritors of Samuel Fränkel in 1938, while they were forced to emigrate.[2] The company was renamed to Schlesische Feinweberei AG.[3]
In late September 1944, a sub-camp of Auschwitz was established in "Frotex". The women, mostly Jews from Hungary, worked on the spinning machines. The sub-camp was shut down on 19 January 1945 and the women there were evacuated on foot to the Gross-Rosen concentration camp[4] from where they were then taken to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.[5] After World War II, the factory underwent reconstruction in 1949.[6]
After 1949, a long period of recovery began for the company, which was then located in Poland. The company was named "Frotex" in 1965. In 1992, "Frotex" modernized the spinning mill and dyeing plant and opened a purification plant. "Frotex" was transformed into a State Treasury Company during that same year. In 1995, "Frotex" was added to the General Privatization Program and included in the Second National Investment Fund. In 2002, board members of the Second National Investment Fund decided to sell the majority (72% of shares) of their shares in the company.[7]
"Frotex" ceased operations on 5 July 2014.[8] In 2016, the American company Henniges Automotive opened its manufacturing unit in the building previously occupied by "Frotex".[9]
CEOs and presidents
- Samuel Fränkel (1845 – 1881)
- Joseph Pinkus (1881 – 1909)
- Max Pinkus (1909 – 1925)
- Hans Pinkus (1925 – 1938)[10]
- Bolesław Pohl (? – 1990)
- Josel Czerniak (1990 – 2001)[11]
- Bogdan Stanach (2001 – 2002)[12]
- Stanisław Wedler (2002 – 2006)
- Jarosław Staniec (2006 – 2007)[13]
- Piotr Połulich (2007 – 2010)[14]
Employment by year
- 1863 – 1 900[15]
- 1890 – 1 029[5]
- 1906 – 3 700
- 1913 – 4 000[16]
- 1920 – 4 000[5]
- 1938 – 2 000
- 1939 – 1 500[5]
- 1944 – 1 900
- 1945 – 1 861
- 1958 – 2 500[17]
- 1962 – 3 850
- 1965 – 4 000
- 1990 – 1 500[11]
- 2002 – 800
- 2004 – 700[18]
- 2005 – 650[19]
- 2007 – 580
- 2008 – 550
- 2009 – 285[20]
- 2010 – 200
- 2011 – 165[21]
References
- ^ "o firmie". Frotex SA.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Willa fabrykanta, obecnie dom kultury, Prudnik - Zabytek.pl". zabytek.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ Lis, M. Odbudowa gospodarki po II wojnie światowej (1945–1949).
- ^ www.auschwitz.org. "Neustadt / Auschwitz sub-camps / History / Auschwitz-Birkenau". auschwitz.org. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ a b c d Kasza, Ryszard (2018). Historia Prudnika fotografią pisana. Prudnik: Prudnik County.
- ^ "Historia firmly Frotex. Regiopedia, Opolskie, encyclopedia regionów". opolskie.regiopedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Zakłady Przemysłu Bawełnianego Frotex S.A., ul. Nyska, Prudnik - dolny-slask.org.pl". dolny-slask.org.pl. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Strauchmann, Krzysztof. "Kończy się proces likwidacji Froteksu. Miasto przejmuje część hal". nto.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Amerykanie w Prudniku: Henninges rusza we wrześniu - Prudnik24". Prudnik24 (in Polish). 17 September 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Hanszke, Edyta. "Dzieje królewskiego Żyda". nto.pl.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b Wicher, Damian. "Josel Czerniak: Dbali o własne firmy, nie o "Frotex"". tygodnikprudnicki.pl.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "MOSTOSTAL ZABRZE HOLDING SA POWOŁANIE OSOBY ZARZĄDZAJĄCEJ". money.pl.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Strauchmann, Krzysztof. "Nowy prezes Frotexu od połowy września". nto.pl.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Wicher, Damian. "Światło się świeci, więc nie jest źle". tygodnikprudnicki.pl.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Klimek, Renata. "Identification of barriers to brownfield redevelopment in Prudnik. Example of cotton plant industry "Frotex"".
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Historia firmy Frotex". opolskie.regiopedia.pl.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Słopecki, N. (1966). Gospodarka powiatów i miast wydzielonych województwa opolskiego.
- ^ "Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej - Urząd Miejski w Prudniku".
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Strauchmann, Krzysztof. ""Frotex" grozi przeprowadzką". nto.pl.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Strauchmann, Krzysztof. "Prudnik> Frotex na zakręcie".
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "To już jest koniec Frotexu". prudnik24.pl.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help)
 | This Polish corporation or company article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |