!!!ELIN

ELIN, long-established Austrian electrical engineering firm; founded 
by F.  Pichler in 1892, since 1922 it has been known by the name ELIN. 
By the 1930s the firm had several factories in Vienna and had become 
one of Austria's leading electro-technical companies, producing 
locomotive engines, power plant generators and switchgear. The company 
was nationalised in 1947  Nationalised Industry and in 1959 merged 
with  AEG Union Elektrizitaetsges. (also nationalised) to become 
Elin-Union AG. In 1989 the company spilt into Elin Enerversorgung GmbH 
and Elin Energieanwendung GmbH. Both these companies today form part 
of the technology group,  VA Technologie AG and go by the names of  VA 
TECH ELIN GmbH and  VA TECH ELIN EBG GmbH.


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