Ei Niš (full legal name: Holding-Korporacija Elektronska industrija a.d. Niš) or Electronics Industry Niš, is a holding company with headquarters in Niš, Serbia. The company has operated from 1948 until it declared bankruptcy in 2016.
History It originated in 1948 from the foundation of the Institute for the Production of Radio Sets and X-ray Machines, "RR Niš." In the 1970s and 1980s it was one of the greatest Yugoslavian companies employing over 10 thousand people. However, during the 1990s most of the company business collapsed, due to the war in Yugoslavia, lack of investing in research and sanctions the country was facing.
During the 2000s, the company manufactured acoustic equipment, electronic tubes including cathode-ray tubes, printed plates, electronic machine elements, hydraulics, pneumatics, appliances, air-conditioners, medical equipment, roentgen machines, TV sets, radio receivers, and semiconductors. It was one of the few remaining makers of electronic vacuum tubes.
In 2016, after decades of insolvency, it declared bankruptcy before regional Business Court.
Elektronska Industrija Niš works in partnership with other European companies, such as Alcatel (telephony), Honeywell, Bull, Silicon graphics (computers), Sagem, Siemens, Hellige, or even ITT or Philips.
Operations The most successful period of business was from 1965 to 1980. At that time, EI had plants in Nis, Belgrade, Svrljig, Žitoraža, Aleksinac, Đevđelia (Macedonia), Serbia (Croatia), about 50 factories with 28,000 workers and an annual gross product of about 700 million dollars. At that time, the electronic industry had a large range of consumer products for domestic needs, the military and export. Appliances and devices were produced in large series: radios, loudspeakers, amplifiers, sound systems, computers, electric meters, washing machines, dishwashers, ordinary irons, televisions, telephones, telephone exchanges, HF devices, radio stations, railway signaling, traffic lights and accompanying equipment, special purpose devices for the needs of the army and militia, printed electronic circuits, industrial electronics, auto electronics, X-ray devices, medical devices, color cathode ray tubes, electronic tubes, air conditioners, cardboard packaging, plastic goods, ferromagnetic materials, resistors, capacitors, mechanical parts of devices, semiconductor elements.
Ei had spread plants into all Yugoslav republics and managed to develop full production process, most of all, semiconductor production.
The subsidiaries that have operated within the holding company Ei under various names and in various organizational forms are:
EI Acoustics Svrjig
EI Machine Shop Nis EI Household Appliances Nis EI Auto Service Nis EI Beokom Belgrade EI VEP Nis (or EI Vakum Electronic Products Nis) EI VF Zemun (later privatized to "VF Holding" AD) EI Ekos Eds Nis EI Ekos Nis EI Exim Belgrade EI Expocom Belgrade EI Elbas Zemun EI Electromedicine Nis EI Electrical Products Nis EI Elkom Zemun (or EI Avala Zemun) EI Elmag Nis EI Energy and Maintenance Zemun EI Eurostand Nis EI Protection Nis EI Industrial Electronics Nis EI Informatics Nis ("Technicom Informatics" Nis) EI Irin Nis EI Research and Development Institute Belgrade (now IRITEL) EI Jugorendgen (or EI X-ray Machine Factory) EI Ceramics Djevđelija EI Color Cathode Tubes Nis EI Commerce Nis EI Components Nis EI Measuring Devices Nis EI Metal Nis EI Nikola Tesla Zemun EI Nit Nis EI Opek Nis EI Pack Aleksinac EI Pionir Zemun EI Plastics Nis EI Semiconductors Nis EI Trade Nis EI Professional Electronics Nis EI Pupin Zemun EI Radio Tubes Nis EI Computers Nis EI Components Nis EI October 7 Nis EI Service Network Belgrade EI Sigraph Nis EI Owl Nis (after privatization by HDS Nis) EI Standard (or EI UIT Nis) EI Television Nis EI Test Nis EI Transport and Trade Nis EI Service Nis EI Factory of Electric Hand Tools Zemun EI Machinery and Equipment Factory Nis EI Machine Parts Factory Nis EI Radio Receiver Factory Nis (or EI Radio Acoustics) EI Signal Devices Factory Belgrade EI Specific Elements Factory Nis EI Femid Bela Palanka EI Ferit Zemun EI Hanivel Nis EI Chegar Nis EI SKO Nis or EI Internal Bank Nis EI Printed Circuits Nis
Sponsorships
Ei agreed with local club FK Radnički Niš on sponsorship deal during 80s. The club peaked in the early 80s when it reached the UEFA Cup semifinals after already being near very top in the Yugoslav league for few year. Products Ei managed to develop full spectrum of electronics production, but it was mostly know in the market by loudspeakers, amplifiers, sound systems, computers, electric meters, washing machines, dishwashers, ordinary irons, televisions, telephones, telephone exchanges.
EI products included the computers Pecom 32, Pecom 64, as well as the Lira series, starting with the Lira 512.
See also History of computer hardware in Yugoslavia List of computer systems from Yugoslavia List of companies of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
References
External links
Elektronska industrija Niš: Od giganta do stečaja at koreni.rs