Production at the current IROMET complex comes from a long tradition, dating all the way back to 1920.
In those early years, there was only a factory producing electric engines. During the Second World War, production was halted. Then, in 1946 the facility was reopened and registered in Katowice under the original name of ?Electric Engine Factory M-25?. An electric section with engine assembly began operating soon after registration. As the factory also had a pre-existing casting house, an appropriate casting section was also opened.
The casting house started working on December 31, 1946. In that difficult, post-war period, workers needed to rig a Lanz-Buldog tractor up to simply run the forge blower. But soon, heated by charcoal from the people living nearby, the chimney at the factory started to give off billows of smoke as full production got underway.

In 1949, reorganization took place. At that point, the factory was mainly producing cast iron for the electrical industry. Now, the production of agricultural machines began: grinders, potato sorters and a variety of ploughs. Introducing the new system of production involved adapting the physical infrastructure at the complex and creating new sections, including: machining, woodworking, cutting, forging, welding, assembly, painting, repair and tooling.
At the beginning of the 1960s a new casting house was built, including a cupola with loading devices, which significantly improved the working conditions of the employees. Up to then, in the old casting house,

 
       
   

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