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title: 1998 – a milestone in Samohýl group history
description: In 1998, we bought the site of our current headquarters in Smetana Street, Lomnice nad Popelkou. The building was built at the beginning of the 20th century…
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In 1998, we bought the site of our current headquarters in Smetana Street, Lomnice nad Popelkou. The building was built at the beginning of the 20th century and functioned as Kolorenč’s mechanical spinning mill. In 1936, the Šlecht brothers bought it and attached it to their company (Textile Plants p. a. Šlechta & Son). In 1945, the firm was nationalized and became a part of TECHNOLEN National Company (Plant 15 was established on the premises). Before the Velvet revolution in 1989, the plant closed down and part of the headquarters offices moved there. After the fall of the communist regime, the building was privatized and, until we purchased it, it housed the company Hubař Wholesale s.r.o.
       10 400 000  EUR    ![Samohýl group 1998](/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=744/assets/1477cf5663a2-1998-kolorenucc88-zvenku.jpg)