HISTORY OF PIO KERAMOPROJEKT, A.S.
Keramoprojekt was founded in 1951 as a national enterprise and, later, operated as a construction design institute focusing on comprehensive design of plants for the manufacturing of building materials and ceramics.
FORMATION OF THE COMPANY
The construction design and engineering organisation Keramoprojekt Trenčín was founded in 1951 as part of the Brno-based national enterprise Keramoprojekt with offices in Prague and Trenčín.
The formation of the company resulted from the need to speed up the development of the material and technical base for the construction industry in Czechoslovakia. This company’s focus was the design of plants for the manufacturing of building materials and ceramics.
STATE DESIGN INSTITUTE
In 1953, following a change in its organisational structure, the national enterprise was transformed into the Keramoprojekt State Design Institute based in Prague. Keramoprojekt Brno and Keramoprojekt Trenčín continued to operate as the Institute’s offices until 1958, when a separate institute with competence for the whole of Slovakia was founded in Trenčín through a decree of the Ministry of Construction.
ORGANISATIONAL CHANGES, SPECIALISATION
After the organisational changes at the beginning of 1964, the specialisations of Keramoprojekt’s individual design institutes were as follows:
- Keramoprojekt Praha was developing design documentation for pre-cast and aerated concrete plants for the whole of Czechoslovakia,
- Keramoprojekt Brno specialised in brick and ceramic plants,
- Keramoprojekt Trenčín worked on projects in the field of mortar-like and asbestos-cement materials and, in addition to design, the organisation provided project preparation for investors and consulting services.
IMPLEMENTATION CENTER IN TRENČÍN
At the end of 1968, an implementation centre was set up at Keramoprojekt Trenčín as an engineering services centre.
In 1969, Keramoprojekt became an organisation of the Ministry of Construction in Bratislava. It was in charge of the design documentation for all plants manufacturing building materials. 360 highly qualified personnel were engaged in design and budgeting work in close collaboration with experts from universities, research institutes and specialists from supplier organisations.
Many manufacturing complexes completed both at home and abroad provide a testimony of KERAMOPRJEKT’s excellent results:
PROJECTS COMPLETED IN THE PERIOD OF THE FORMER CZECHOSLOVAKIA
in Czechoslovakia
- cement plants
- Bystré, Horné Srnie, Lietavská Lúčka, Ladce, Banská Bystrica, Turňa nad Bodvou and Rohožník
- lime kilns
- Margecany, Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Žírany, Tisovec, Gombasek and Rohožník
- plants for asbestos-cement products
- Púchov, Mlynárce
- ceramic plant for aerated tiles
- Lučenec
- brick plants
- Martin, Gbelce, Ondrášová, Hanušovce, Humenné, Spišská Nová Ves, Boleráz and Zlaté Moravce
- stone, gravel and sand extraction and processing plants
- Geča, Batizovce, Rybník nad Hronom, Čachtice and others
- plants for the manufacturing of panels and prefabricates
- Veľké Košariská, Košice, Sučany, Rovinka, Vlkanová, Veľké Leváre, Krásna nad Hornádom, Nové Zámky, Gottwaldov, Nové Mesto nad Váhom and others
- mechanical engineering plants
- Tisovec, Senica, Handlová
abroad
- cement plants
- Wiek II - People’s Republic of Poland, Jabal-ul-Siraj - Afghanistan, Capanema - Brazil, Satna - India, Churk - Pakistan, Tonassa - Indonesia, Herat - Afghanistan
- technical assistance and consulting
- research and development centre - Togo, cement plant in Darkhan - Mongolia, cement factory in Siguaney - Cuba, ceramics plant in Ramadi - Iraq
- bid projects
- cement plant in Derna - Libya, cement plant in Bangladesh, cement plant in Goa - India
PRESENT DAY
Since 1.5.1992, Keramoprojekt Trenčín has been a privately owned joint-stock company. Construction design is no longer the company’s focus as its design and engineering activities have been taken over by the new company PIO KERAMOPROJEKT a.s. since 9.7.1999.
With its highly creative personnel, contacts and entrepreneurial capital, PIO Keramoprojekt is building on dozens of years of experience.
Thanks to its extraordinary innovative potential, the new company expanded its design and engineering activities to include the area of bank buildings, administrative and operational buildings, multi-purpose buildings and challenging civil engineering structures, such as bridges and roads.