This is where our second office was established. Since 1997, it has been located on Staroprzygodzka Street. However, the history of this place dates back to 1990, when Westinghouse (now Emerson) was looking for partners for automation projects in Eastern Europe and proposed cooperation to two Polish companies: Elwro and Zakłady Automatyki Przemysłowej (ZAP).
Transformation and new opportunities
The first years after the systemic transformation were a rather turbulent period in Poland. At that time, many state-owned companies were undergoing restructuring, some even closing their doors. The challenge of that time, which will probably seem shocking to some today, was finding English-speaking employees, which led to the first layoffs. Undaunted, a group of skilled engineers – four from Elwro and eight from ZAP – left for the United States. At that time, in July 1991, ZAP’s management had to make the very difficult decision to downsize. For unspecified reasons, the layoff resolutions affected, among others, eight people who had been on assignment in the United States for two months. Thus, not only did the eight automation specialists lose their jobs, but Westinghouse also lost the opportunity to work with trained people.
However, this did not discourage this delegation, and the group began talks with Westinghouse, convincing them that they had the capital, competence and people with which to establish a new company and continue to carry out projects together. Thus, on December 16, 1991, the Record was founded. The company quickly won its first domestic order, the “Stalowa Wola Block 8” project, then the “Rybnik Block 3” power plant and numerous projects from the US joined the portfolio. Record’s first office, located at 18 Rural Street, had about twenty-five employees and a simulator room – a 30-square-meter room full of bulky computer equipment that is no longer needed today due to virtualization and cloud computing.
The move that started a new chapter
In 1995, the office moved to its current location on Staroprzygodzka Street, which initially housed a hotel for out-of-town employees. Sanitary conditions on the premises, in those days, we would today describe as spartan. However, thanks to investments and renovations, today the facility no longer resembles that of the 1990s.
For the Transition Technologies Group, 1997 is the most important year. It was then that Zapis bought out the shares in the Group and merged with it. On January 17, 1998, Zapis’s employees joined the TT structure, including: Alicja Ball, the former director of the Ostrow office, Agata Panowicz, an accountant, and two programmers and graphic designers.
The team handled website development, server management and internal implementation of the intranet. Thanks to them, the Group-wide website was created.
Currently, the team in Ostrow has thirty dedicated people who demonstrate stability and adaptability in any situation. They have been part of the TT family for many years, driving the success of the office and fostering a spirit of continuous development.
Ostrów Wielkopolski:
63-400 Ostrów Wielkopolski, 117 Staroprzygodzka Street,
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