Škoda Works
former manufacturing conglomerate
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Summary
Škoda Works is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,715 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Czechoslovakia[3], Czech Republic[4]
- Instance of: enterprise[5]
- Founder: House of Waldstein[6], Emil Škoda[7]
- Named after: Emil Škoda[8]
- Followed by: Škoda Transportation[9], Škoda JS[10], Doosan Škoda Power[11]
- Headquarters location: Plzeň[12]
- Child organization or unit: Omnipol Handels AG[13]
- Commons category: Škoda Works[14]
- Industry: conglomerate[15], vehicle construction[16], industrial manufacturing[17]
- Inception: January 1, 1859[18], 1990[19]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2018[20]
- Location of formation: Plzeň[21]
- Parent organization or unit: Reichswerke AG für Waffen-und Maschinenbau Hermann Göring[22]
- Significant event: bankruptcy[23], voucher privatization[24]
- Official website: http://www.skoda.cz[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Škoda Works[26]
- Commons gallery: Škoda Works[27]
- Employees: 34,231[28], 18,662[29], 20,200[30], 19,000[31], 18,671[32]
- Official name: ŠKODA a.s.[33]
- Legal form: akciová společnost[34]
- Owner of: Trnavské automobilové závody[35]
- Different from: Škoda Auto[36]
- Total revenue: 16,500,000,000 Czech koruna[37], 35,300,000,000 Czech koruna[38]
- Net profit: 878,269,000 Czech koruna[39], 101,000,000 Czech koruna[40], -190,000,000 Czech koruna[41]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Scheepvaartmuseum Wikidataproject[42]
Why It Matters
Škoda Works has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]