From its founding on 28 June 1948, when the Yugoslav federal government established a strategic centre for scientific and industrial research, the Institute has grown to become an integral part of hydraulic machine development in this region. It has grown in a country with a long-standing tradition of water turbine design and production (from the mid-19th century). Being an independent institute, without any ownership ties with any turbine or pump producers from its founding to this day, the Institute has been a valuable basic resource for turbines, pumps and ventilator production for many manufacturers.
Throughout the past 60 years, Turboinštitut’s management and employees have been concerned with research and development excellence – developing hydraulic machines with ever-better characteristics for people-friendly energy production and use. These 58 years of activity and experience have resulted in the development and production of hydraulic machines that are in operation throughout the world, and cooperation with many turbine, pump and ventilator manufacturers, always in cooperation with many energy utilities, consultants, universities and most importantly, many well-educated and skilled specialists. This is an opportunity to recognise that the Institute's development is based on its dedicated employees, persons who have laboured long and hard, sometimes under difficult and exacting conditions. |
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