VEB Robotron

This article is about the East German computer company. For other uses, see Robotron (disambiguation).

VEB Kombinat Robotron
Company typeVolkseigener Betrieb
IndustryElectronics manufacturer, computer software
Founded1 April 1969; 55 years ago (1969-04-01) in Dresden, German Democratic Republic
Defunct1 July 1990 (1990-07-01)
FateLiquidated / converted into corporations
Headquarters
Dresden
,
German Democratic Republic
Key people
Friedrich Wokurka
ProductsA 5120, PC 1715, Robotron K 1840, Robotron KC 87, …
Number of employees
68,000 (1989)

VEB Kombinat Robotron (German: [vaʊ eː beː kɔmbɪnaːt ʁobotʁɔn]) (or simply Robotron) was the largest East German electronics manufacturer. It was headquartered in Dresden and employed 68,000 people in 1989. Its products included personal computers, SM EVM minicomputers, the ESER mainframe computers, various computer peripherals as well as microcomputers, radios, television sets and other items including cookie press Kleingebäckpresse Typ 102.[1]

  1. ^ Ersetzlich (2019-01-14), Deutsch: Kleingebäckpresse Typ 102 vom VEB Robotron in Sömmerda, retrieved 2021-03-01