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Romet Pajur
Romet or Romet sp. zo.o. is a Polish bicycle manufacturer based in Dębica. It was originally established as ''Romet Bicycle Factory'' () in Bydgoszcz in 1948. The company changed names several times, following mergers of smaller pre-war bicycle plants in Bydgoszcz and in Poznań, Czechowice-Dziedzice and later with factories in Jastrowie, Kowalewo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kowalewo and Wałcz. In addition to bikes, the firm produced mopeds, Scooter (motorcycle), scooters and motorcycles. Declared insolvent in 2005, the brand was purchased in 2006 by the Polish company "Arkus & Romet Group" (now "Romet sp. z o.o.") based in Dębica. As of 2023, the company provided products to 50 countries globally. History Bike industry before 1945 The oldest registered Polish bicycle factories in Poland were ''Wicher'' in Łódź established in 1891 and ''B. Wohren'', established in 1893, in Warsaw. * Tornedo company In 1904, a bike company was set up by Wilhelm Tornow in Bydgoszcz, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dworcowa Street
Dworcowa Street is one of the main streets of Bydgoszcz, in Downtown district (). Many of its buildings are registered on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List. Across the street, between Warmia and Marcinkowskiego street runs the 18°E longitude Meridian, so-called ''Bydgoszcz Meridian''. Location The street is located in the western part of Downtown Bydgoszcz. It runs from the intersection with Gdanska Street to the intersection with Sigismund Augustus Street, where is the main train station, . Hence its name: 'Train station' in Polish is . History Until 1851, the path was a dirty road leading from Bydgoszcz to Koronowo. The development of the street is associated with the building of Bydgoszcz Main Railway Station in 1851, which led to assimilating the close settlement of Bocianowo () into the city precinct. On an 1861 map of the area, the vicinity of the railway station shows dispersed housings: it is only in the early 20th century that compact constructi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
