Editing VEB Robotron (section)

{{Short description|East German manufacturer of computers and consumer electronics}}
{{About|the East German computer company|other uses|Robotron (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox company
| name                = VEB Kombinat Robotron
| logo                = VEB Robotron.svg
| image               = VEB Kombinat Robotron Dresden 1990.jpg
| type                = [[Volkseigener Betrieb]]
| industry            = [[Electronics manufacturer]], [[computer software]]
| fate                = Liquidated / converted into corporations
| founded             = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1969|04|01}} in [[Dresden]], [[German Democratic Republic]]
| founder             =
| defunct             = {{End date|df=yes|1990|07|01}}
| hq_location_city    = [[Dresden]]
| hq_location_country = German Democratic Republic
| key_people          = Friedrich Wokurka
| products            = [[A 5120]], [[PC 1715]], [[Robotron K 1840]], [[Robotron KC 87]], …
| num_employees       = 68,000
| num_employees_year  = 1989
| revenue             =
| homepage            =
}}
'''VEB Kombinat Robotron''' ({{IPA|de|vaʊ eː beː kɔmbɪnaːt ʁobotʁɔn|lang}}) (or simply '''Robotron''') was the largest [[East Germany|East German]] electronics manufacturer. It was headquartered in [[Dresden]] and employed 68,000 people in 1989. Its products included [[personal computer]]s, [[SM EVM]] [[minicomputer]]s, the [[ESER]] [[mainframe computer]]s, various computer [[peripherals]] as well as [[microcomputers]], radios, television sets and other items including [[cookie press]] ''Kleingebäckpresse Typ 102''.<ref>{{Citation|last=Ersetzlich|title=Deutsch: Kleingebäckpresse Typ 102 vom VEB Robotron in Sömmerda|date=2019-01-14|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robotron_Typ102.jpg|access-date=2021-03-01}}</ref>