Sarajevo Tobacco Factory
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Company type | Public |
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Industry | Tobacco |
Founded | 1880 |
Headquarters | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Products | Cigarettes |
Revenue | €54.43 million (2017[1]) |
€33.28 million (2017[1]) | |
Total equity | €152.05 million (2017[1]) |
Number of employees | 244 (2017[1]) |
Website | www |
Sarajevo Tobacco Factory (Bosnian: Fabrika duhana Sarajevo; abbr. FDS) was a cigarette producer with headquarters in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
History
The Sarajevo Tobacco Factory was founded in 1880, only two years after the
As the complex of FDS became larger, the number of employees also increased. In that early stage, it was mostly unskilled female labor. The first products of FDS were the cut tobacco packets produced manually in the device called “avan”. Tobacco used for these packets was of a different grade, and the packets were also different. During the Austro-Hungarian period, this product was exported.
The production of cigarettes started in 1882. They were produced manually until 1905 when the first automatic cigarette maker was obtained. By the beginning of
. The smallest packet contained five and the largest one hundred cigarettes.FDS stagnated between the two world wars, specially in respect to its equipment. Still, during that period 55 different machines were provided, some of them intended for fabrication of the cut tobacco packets and cigarettes and the rest were machine tools for the workshop. The production and packing of the cut tobacco and several brands of oval and round cigarettes continued also in this period. Cigarettes were packed in packets of 100 and even 500.
At the very beginning of the World War II the cut tobacco production decreased due to lower market demand. In this period, cigarette production also varied from year to year. During the war, FDS did not stop production, but it was dictated by the occupier. Ever since its foundation, for more than one century now, FDS has experienced many turbulent periods caused by the change of government and different social and political systems, but it has never stopped operating and producing.
FDS achieved success, not only in the market of
.The need to extend and modernize the existing facilities resulted in a decision to construct a new factory complex in 1960. The new factory was built in the Pofalići area, occupying approximately 40 000 m2. The complex consisted of several buildings and reached its final appearance in 1971, when the construction was completed. Construction was completely financed by the employees of FDS, setting a precedent at that time and in such an environment.
The policy of FDS was to rely on its own labor. In 1946, the first machine (an automatic carton cutting machine) was constructed. Those machines, invented and constructed by the employees of FDS, were used in FDS and also sold to other companies in the former Yugoslavia. The machines designed in FDS, among others, are Glibo I, Glibo II, Glibo III, Glibo IV and Glibo V. Today, the machines are primarily important as museum pieces, as they indicate the technological process in the factory.
The period from 1971 is characterized by the modernization activities. New, modern equipment was provided intended to meet new technologies in the production of cigarettes. In that way the factory became one of the most modern tobacco plants in
In the history of FDS, several periods may be identified. The first was the Austro-Hungarian period, when the Factory operated to meet the requirements of the ruling Austro-Hungarian authorities. The second is the period of the
The most difficult period for FDS was the wartime, from 1992 to 1995. Although severely damaged, FDS did not stop production. After the company suffered commercial losses for several years in a row, laid off employees and discontinued cigarette brands, the Austrian company CID Adriatic Investments GmbH bought out the company's shares.
As of May 27, 2022, the factory has closed and it is unknown whether production will start again.[4][5]
Brands
The brands produced by FDS until now are: Damen, Hercegovina, Bosna, Guslar,
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Top lista po ukupnim prihodima na nivou Federacije, za sve kompanije". fia.ba (in Bosnian). Finansijsko-informatička agencije BiH. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "Sarajevo Tobacco Factory - History". fds.ba. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Sarajevo Tobacco Factory - Chronology". fds.ba. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Vas partner u duhanskoj industriji". FDS (in Bosnian). Fabrika Duhana Sarajevo d.d. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ "Gasi se Fabrika Duhana Sarajevo". Bljesak.ba (in Bosnian). 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-05-27.