Tatra (company)

TATRA TRUCKS a.s.
Company typePrivate
IndustryAutomotive industry
Founded1850 (original)
1897 (as a car manufacturer)
FounderIgnaz Schustala
HeadquartersKopřivnice, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic
Area served
Worldwide (except Japan, and North America)
Key people
Hugo Fischer von Roeslerstamm (designer)
Hans Ledwinka (designer)
Julius Mackerle (designer) Lukáš Andrýsek (CEO)
ProductsAutomobiles, wagons, carriages, trucks
Revenue CZK 5.4 billion (2016)
215,226,000 Czech koruna (2023) 
CZK 482 million (2016)
Total assets8,769,346,000 Czech koruna (2023) 
Owner
  • Czechoslovak Group (65%)
  • Promet Group (35%)
Number of employees
1,658 (2016)
Websitetatratrucks.com

Tatra is a Czech brand headquartered in Kopřivnice its the third oldest vehicle manufacturer in the world.[1]

Brief History

It was founded in 1850 as Ignatz Schustala & Cie. In 1890 it became a joint-stock company and in 1897 it was renamed to Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft. the Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft produced the Präsident, the first first factory-produced automobile with a petrol engine to be made in Central and Eastern Europe


References

  1. "About the Company". Tatratrucks.