Review article

The Fiftyfifth Anniversary of the Foundation of Croatian Metallurgical Society (CMS) 1952 – 2007

Ilija Mamuzić ; Faculty of Metallurgy, University of Zagreb, Sisak, Croatia

Abstract

The goal of this article is to give an overview of the foundation and development of Croatian Metallurgical Society (CMS) from the Society of Engineers and Technicians of Željezara Sisak 1952. – 2007. With monitoring of the condition of Croatian Metallurgy, goals and tasks of CMS, the main activities of the Society are also set out: publishing of the magazine Metalurgija, international symposiums “Materials and Metallurgy”, and productive cooperation with an array of institutions in Croatia and abroad. The data were also given that the total production in Croatia in 1990 was 2,500,000 tons of various metallurgical products (without cast iron products), and only 230,000 t in 2007, i.e. at the level below 10%. The overview includes also several futile press notices to the public made by the members of the Society of their own initiative, in order to sustain and revitalize the Croatian metallurgy.

Keywords

society; tasks; metallurgy; publishing activity

Hrčak ID:

22655

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/22655

Publication date:

1.7.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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