Tehnoton () is a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n company founded in 1972 in Iaşi, mainly manufacturing home electronics and industrial machinery. By 1989 it became one of the major Romanian manufacturers of

radio Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 3 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connec ...

tuners (with widely known products such as "Gloria" and "Cosmos"),

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players, and

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s, which it also exported to

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, and the

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. Tehnoton also produced

closed-circuit television Closed-circuit television (CCTV), also known as video surveillance, is the use of closed-circuit television cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place on a limited set of monitors. It differs from broadcast television in that the signa ...

systems and maritime communication systems for Romania and other

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an countries. The company was

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d in 2000 and is now the main part of the Omega-Tehnoton Group. Currently, it specializes in metal processing, plastic injection, and electronics production.Tehnoton Iasi intentioneaza sa imprumute 9,68 milioane lei de la Romexterra Bank
23 ianuarie 2007, wall-stret.ro, accesat la 11 februarie 2010

References

External links

Official website
*(Romanian)Company history
Electronics companies of Romania Companies based in Iași {{Europe-company-stub