Đuro Đaković (factory)
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| Traded as | : DDJH |
| Industry | Metal engineering |
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Prva jugoslavenska tvornica vagona strojeva i mostova dd Brod na Savi (1921-1947) Đuro Đaković Industrija šinskih vozila, industrijskih i energetskih postrojenja i čeličnih konstrukcija Slavonski Brod (1947-1991) |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Founder | Aleksandar Ehrmann |
| Headquarters | Slavonski Brod, Croatia |
| Products | Boilers, railway vehicles, bridges, cranes, industrial structures, armoured vehicles |
| Website | www.duro-dakovic.com |
Coordinates: 45°09′59″N 18°00′43″E / 45.16627°N 18.01188°E
Đuro Đaković Holding d.d. is a Croatian metal mechanical engineering group based in Slavonski Brod, Croatia. The company is named after Đuro Đaković, a prominent Yugoslav communist of the Interwar period.
The company's origins date to the establishment of a metal engineering factory in Brod in 1921, it expanded throughout the 20th century, becoming a major regional enterprise of its type, active in rail vehicle manufacture including locomotives, industrial boilers, power plant construction, and large scale metal structures including bridges. In the 1990s the company was privatised and a number of businesses became separate entities - the remainder were grouped under the 'Đuro Đaković Holding d.d.' group.
In 1921 the company Prva jugoslavenska tvornica vagona strojeva i mostova dd Brod na Savi (First Yugoslavian wagon, machinery and bridge factory company, Brod on the Sava) was established, with 125000 shares of 400 crowns. The factory buildings were constructed by 1922. Croatian industrialist Aleksandar Ehrmann was leading in attracting foreign investment into the firm in 1923.
In 1926 the company constructed its first bridge (over the Tisza near Titel), and its first railway vehicle, and first steam boiler. In 1928 the company produced its first tram (for Belgrade). Development of the company continued in the 1930s with the factory beginning to produce vessels for the chemical industry, cranes, and powered railway vehicles.
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