RIZ (company)

RIZ, also as RIZ-Odašiljači is a Croatian electronics company headquartered in Zagreb. It was founded in 1948 as Radio Industrija Zagreb.[1] It began manufacturing radios, gramophones, television sets, electrical components (transistors, integrated circuits, capacitors) as well as military transmission devices.[2][3] Currently, it only manufactures transmitters, antennas and electronic electricity meters. They manufactured the first TV in Yugoslavia, TV 101, from a licence by Philips in 1955.[4]

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Integrated circuit IL72709, manufactured by RIZ

Recent developments

Their transmitters are used, among others, by the BBC, South Korean Government and national broadcaster Korean Broadcasting System and the US army.[5]

A joint-venture with the Ethiopian government for the construction of a factory was planned but was scrapped as late as 2014.[6]

References
  1. "RIZ" (in Croatian). Virtualni radio-museum.
  2. Jurica Pavičić (9 October 2010). "Dva desetljeća u kojima je stvoren jugoslavenski dolce vita" (in Croatian). Jutarnji.
  3. "Prvi domaći radio prijemnik rođen prije 70 godina". Glas.ba (in Croatian). 21 September 2017.
  4. MIROSLAV PAVIČEVIĆ (23 February 2016). "ZNANSTVENA FANTASTIKA: 650 radnika? U Slunju? U tvornici televizora? Nema šanse!" (in Croatian). Lupiga.
  5. PETRA BALIJA (23 April 2017). "Mercedes smo za partnere u inozemstvu, a ovdje nam se svi rugaju" (in Croatian). Vecernji.
  6. Andrea Koščec (8 December 2014). "Globus - KAKAV PROMAŠAJ Kako je birokracija uništila priliku za dobar biznis: 'Ne treba nam taj hohštaplerski projekt!'" (in Croatian). Jutarnji.
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