Tatra (company)
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Automotive industry |
| Founded | 1850 (original) 1897 (as a car manufacturer) |
| Founder | Ignaz Schustala |
| Headquarters | Kopřivnice, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic |
Area served | Worldwide (except Japan, and North America)[source?] |
Key people | Hugo Fischer von Roeslerstamm (designer) Hans Ledwinka (designer) Julius Mackerle (designer) Lukáš Andrýsek (CEO) |
| Products | Automobiles, wagons, carriages, trucks |
| Revenue |  CZK 5.4 billion (2016) |
562,794,000 Czech koruna (2017)  | |
| CZK 482 million (2016) | |
| Total assets | 6,211,396,000 Czech koruna (2017) |
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Number of employees | 1,658 (2016) |
| Website | tatratrucks |
Tatra is a Czech brand headquartered in Kopřivnice its the third oldest vehicle manufacturer in the world.[1]
Brief History
[change | change source]It was founded in 1850 as Ignatz Schustala & Cie. In 1890 it became a joint-stock company and in 1897 it was renamed to Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft. the Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft produced the Präsident, the first first factory-produced automobile with a petrol engine to be made in Central and Eastern Europe
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "About the Company". Tatratrucks.