THE HISTORY OF TUNGSRAM 1896-1945 - MEK

TUNGSRAM•.V8reduction in the production costs. This strategy on thepart of the Electric Incandescent Lamp Ltd. can beillustrated with the following business figures: (19):^:fiscalyearno. oflampsproduced(lamps)dailyproduction(lamps)production.costs(krajcar)*lampmarketprice(krajcar)lamp1889/901890/911891/921892/931893/941894/951895/961896/97120,000166,000309,000350,000520,000752,000882,0001163,0003003501000115017002500300040001167560443628262410562684438383634.5*100 krajcar was = 1 koronaWhile the annual volume of production grew almosttenfold in eight years, the work-force only tripledduring the same time. The number of skilled workershardly changed, but the female work-force increasedfrom 30 to 140. The total work-force in 1894-1895 was200. (20)The First-Austo-Hungarian Electric Lighting and PowerTransmitting Factory continued to produce weak-currentelectrical appliances parallel with the Electricincandescent Lamp Factory Ltd. within a narrowerrange. The Mechanical Department employed 30—50workers on a regular basis. Postal and TelegraphOffice (P.T.O) was one of their regular customers. In1895 the Department specialized in manufacturingmultiplex relay boxes. The P.T.O had previously orderedsuch machinery from Antwerp.The Mechanical Department built a multiplex relaysystem handling 600 customers on the occasion of theMilleneum Exhibition. (21)