The story
Iskra developed from the SPRAD and a sole Kranj-based factory, founded in 1941 by Germans as a subsidiary of the Luftfahrtgerätewerk Berlin.
It was created at the site of the textile factory Jugočeška in Kranj (Krainburg). After the withdrawal of the occupying forces in 1945, the planned demolition of the factory was averted by staff.
In March 1946, Mirjan Gruden renamed Strojne tovarne Kranj to Iskra (Spark).
One year after it was established, Iskra developed its first switch, followed by its first FM antenna, capacitor, and then one of the key milestones in Iskra's success – the establishment of its design department. In 1962, this was the first industrial design department in Yugoslavia.
The bureau for railway automation, BAŽ, was founded.
In the 1970s, Iskra developed into the largest Yugoslav company for electromechanics, telecommunications, electronics and automation, with industrial design in telephony, measuring instruments, and machinery. At the start of the 1990s, Iskra's logo was on all electrical devices, and the product portfolio was expanded with measuring instruments, short-wave navy radio receivers, drilling machines, movie projectors, etc.
In 1989, Iskra SOZD consisted of the following organizations:
Iskra Banka
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Iskra Commerce
Iskra Servis
Iskra Telematika
Iskra Delta
Iskra Kibernetika
Iskra električna orodja
Iskra Elektrozveze
Iskra Merilna elektronika
Iskra Elektrooptika
Iskra Avtomatika
Iskra Orodja
Iskra Elementi
Iskra Mikroelektronika
Iskra Antene
Iskra Elekroakustika
Iskra Elektromotorji
Iskra Videomatika
Iskra Rotomatika
Iskra Avtoelektrika
Iskra Kondenzatorji
Iskra Baterije Zmaj
Iskra Institut za kakovost
Iskra "ZORIN"
Iskra Invest servis
Iskra High School
Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, Iskra privatized in Slovenia. The company's operations in Slovenia were divided into many separate companies, including
Iskratel,
Iskra Avtoelektrika,
Iskraemeco acquired in 2008 by Elsewedy Electric,
Fotona,
Iskra Amesi,
Iskra, elektro in elektronska industrija, d.d. (Iskra d.d. for short)
From Wikipedia’s article on Iskra (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4