History of TESLA

THE ORIGINS OF THE BRAND DATE BACK TO 1921

This year the company entered the Czech market under the name Elektra. In 1932, Elektra was taken over by Phillips and the company's attention turned to the development of radio receivers. After the war, light bulbs were added. Subsequently, the nationalised company changed its name and under the brand name TESLA, referring to the Serbian visionary Nikola Tesla, it started to produce transistors and then the first televisions.

After 1989, for a limited period of time, only light sources were produced here. In 2012, the Czech company - under the licensed name TESLA lighting - started selling its own modern LED sources and luminaires in the place where TESLA was originally established, i.e. in Prague's Holešovice.

TESLA lighting is a Czech brand and a Czech company known worldwide as a leading supplier of light sources and lighting for all segments of family and professional life. It ranks among the major innovative companies on the market. Thanks to its strong focus on development, it offers the most advanced LED light sources on the market shortly after their verification in specialized testing facilities. At the same time, it systematically checks the quality directly in the factories.

The TESLA lighting range includes modern LED sources for household and professional use, especially bulbs, tubes, ceiling and ceiling luminaires, reflector and industrial LED sources including high bay, public lighting, triproof luminaires with a higher level of protection.

1921
Founding

Elektra Praha was founded, which is considered to be the predecessor of the current TESLA a.s.

1932
Development

Elektra is taken over by a foreign company, Philips, and attention turns to the development of radio receivers.

1946
Development

The war is followed by the nationalisation of the company. In addition to the owner, the name also changes. For the first time, the company is branded TESLA, referring to the Serbian visionary Nikola Tesla.

TESLA Praha as a new national enterprise, under practically unified management, brings rapid unification of individual electronic fields, unification of the component base and streamlining and acceleration of production and development. The enterprise starts with the production of transistors, then the first televisions, but it is developing quite quickly into other fields of commercial and investment electronics in the world.

1980
Development

The General Directorate of TESLA Prague is abolished and four separate concerns are created: Tesla Rožnov (electronic components), Tesla Karlín (investment electronics), Tesla Brno (measuring and laboratory technology) and Tesla Bratislava (consumer electronics).

1989
Development

Social changes in the state lead to the independence and privatisation of individual parts of the enterprise. The direct successor of the national company TESLA, n.p. becomes TESLA a.s., based first in Prague-Hloubětín, then in Prague-Vysočany.

2012
Development

The company Tesla Lighting is established, which falls under the wings of ISC Communication Czech a.s., a distributor of telecommunications and security technology, air conditioning, heat pumps and consumer electronics.

2013
Development

TESLA Lighting has established itself on the Czech and foreign lighting market. Its product range includes modern LED sources for households and professional use, especially bulbs, tubes, ceiling and ceiling luminaires, reflector and industrial LED sources, including high bay, luminaires for public lighting, ground and floor luminaires and triproof luminaires with a higher level of protection. 

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