Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31952/amha.18.1.4
Stella Fatović-Ferenčić
; Odsjek za povijest medicinskih znanosti Zavoda za povijest i filozofiju znanosti, Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti
Jasenka Ferber Bogdan
; Arhiv za likovne umjetnosti, Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, Zagreb
Abstract
The paper presents the development and business of the chemical-pharmaceutical factory
Rave PLC, founded in Zagreb in 1922. Based on archival and building documentation,
professional and daily newspapers, and promotional material, the formation of the factory
complex in the Zagreb industrial zone was reconstructed, its marketing strategy and its impact on the development of domestic drug production and hygiene and sanitary necessities
were presented. As an important motive for its operations, the factory emphasized industrial
independence, the national features of its business and the promotion of cooperation with
young domestic industry. In accordance with the above-mentioned text, Rave PLC participates in the construction and development of domestic pharmaceutical production and
market, encouraging the development of modern industry and struggle for more favourable
conditions of its business. Its unprecedented history is an important segment of our pharmaceutical past, but also an indispensable element of knowing the industrial development
of the wider region. This segment of the beginnings of pharmaceutical manufacturing is
essential in knowing the origins of entrepreneurship in our region as a significant element in
raising awareness of national production, development and identity.
Keywords
Rave PLC, pharmaceutical industry, industrial heritage, 20th century, Croatia
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240882
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Publication date:
1.7.2020.
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