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Škoda Works

industrial area, Plzeň, Czech Republic

Also known as: V.I. Lenin Works

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Czech manufacturing

In Czech Republic: Manufacturing
…major Czech car manufacturer remains Škoda, eastern Europe’s oldest car manufacturer, whose main plant is located in Mladá Boleslav. Taken over in the early 1990s by the German company Volkswagen and thoroughly modernized, Škoda became the Czech Republic’s biggest export earner in the early 2000s, accounting for about one-tenth of…
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In Plzeň
…engineering industry, symbolized by the Škoda Works, which occupy most of the city’s western sector. Severely damaged in World War II, the factories were rebuilt and restored to production. Best known for munitions, the Škoda Works also manufacture heavy machinery, military aircraft, railway locomotives, and cars. Škoda pioneered the development…
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