Editing VEB Robotron (section)

==Divisions==
Robotron managed several different divisions:
*VEB Robotron-Elektronik Dresden (headquarters)&nbsp;— [[typewriters]], personal computers, minicomputers, mainframes
*VEB Robotron-Meßelektronik Dresden&nbsp;— measurement and testing devices, home computers
*VEB Robotron-Projekt Dresden&nbsp;— [[software]] department
*VEB Robotron-Buchungsmaschinenwerk [[Chemnitz|Karl-Marx-Stadt]]&nbsp;— personal computers, [[floppy disk|floppy disk drives]]
*VEB Robotron-Elektronik [[Hoyerswerda]]&nbsp;— [[computer monitor|monitors]], [[power supply unit (computer)|power supply unit]]s
*VEB Robotron-Elektronik [[Radeberg]]&nbsp;— mainframes, radio receivers, portable television receivers, directional radio systems
*VEB Robotron Vertrieb Dresden, [[Berlin]] and [[Erfurt]]&nbsp;— sales departments
*VEB Robotron-Elektronik [[Zella-Mehlis]]&nbsp;— [[computer terminal]]s, [[hard disk drive]]s
*VEB Robotron-Büromaschinenwerk [[Sömmerda]]&nbsp;— personal computers, [[printer (computing)|printers]], electronic calculators (Soemtron 220, 222, 224), invoicing machines (EFA 380), punched card indexers and sorters (Soemtron 432).
*VEB Robotron Elektronik [[Riesa]]&nbsp;— [[printed circuit board]]s
*VEB Robotron-Anlagenbau [[Leipzig]]&nbsp;— general contractor, design and assembly for computer and process calculation systems in the GDR and export, training center

On 30 June 1990, ''Kombinat'' Robotron was liquidated and its divisions were converted into corporations. In the 1990s, these companies were sold, e.g. to [[Siemens Nixdorf]] and [[IBM]], or liquidated. Less than five percent of the employees were able to switch to successor companies. However, the abundance of highly qualified workers promoted the subsequent settlement of various companies in the region.

''Robotron Datenbank-Software GmbH'' is a company which emerged from one of the former divisions of ''Kombinat Robotron''. It was newly founded on 23 August 1990, just before [[German reunification]].

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Bundesarchiv Bild 183-Z1102-008, VEB Robotron Elektronik Dresden, Endmontage.jpg|Final assembly at VEB Robotron Elektronik Dresden, 1981
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1984-1128-002, VEB Robotron Elektronik Dresden, Qualitätskontrolle.jpg|Quality conformance testing at VEB Robotron Elektronik Dresden, 1984
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1985-0211-022, VEB Robotron Elektronik Dresden, Computer EC 2655M.jpg|A worker at an assembly plant producing the ES 2655 mainframe in 1985
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1987-0125-004, VEB Robotron Elektronik Dresden, Endmontage.jpg|One of 17,000 assembly workers at Robotron in 1987 working a weekend to make [[typewriter]]s
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