Iskra Delta
Iskra Delta was a prominent Slovenian computer manufacturer and ranked among the largest technology producers within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Established in 1974 under the name Elektrotehna, it functioned as the official representative for Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), an American firm specializing in minicomputers, based in Ljubljana. By 1978, the company was assembling PDP-11 minicomputers utilizing DEC processors paired with Ampex disk drives. Iskra Delta experienced swift growth throughout key Yugoslav republics and entered into a joint venture with Energoinvest located in Sarajevo. Its production of video terminals was carried out in Paka, Slovenj Gradec.
A compulsory merger integrating Iskra and Gorenje’s computer divisions expanded the workforce to approximately 2,000 employees. Nevertheless, the company's failure to promptly embrace microcomputer technologies combined with rising competition from imports contributed to its downturn by 1988. Initiation of bankruptcy procedures occurred in February 1990, culminating after a prolonged period of 31 years in February 2021.
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