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Kanglica za mleko( 2 litra), Westen Celje, začetek 20. stoletja. Podjetje Emo ima bogato zgodovino. Adolf Westen, doma iz Vestfalije, je leta 1894 v Celju ustanovil kovinarsko podjetje za proizvodnjo posode. V njegovi tovarni so izdelovali raznovrstno emajlirano, pocinkano, pokositreno ter brušeno hišno in kuhinjsko posodo, kotle in posode za vodo ter jeklene radiatorje in emajlirane reklamne table. Tovarna je doživela bliskovit razvoj po letu 1918, saj je bila edina te vrste v tedanji Jugoslaviji. Z izdelki niso oskrbovali le domačega tržišča, ampak so veliko izvažali zlasti na Balkan in Bližnji vzhod.
Merimo, tehtamo, račumnamo • Measuring, weighing, calculating
Po drugi svetovni vojni je podjetje prešlo v državno last in delovalo pod blagovno znamko Emo( zaščitni znak dveh levov je bil mednarodno registriran leta 1928). Osnovni proizvodni program je še vedno predstavljala emajlirana posoda, ki so jo prodajali v kar petindvajset držav. Danes jo podjetje, sicer v manjšem obsegu, še vedno izdeluje.
A two-litre milk churn, Westen Celje, early 20th century. The company Emo has a rich history. Adolf Westen, originally from Westphalia, founded a metal cookware company in Celje in 1894. His factory produced a wide range of enamel, galvanized, tinplate, and brushed kitchen- and cookware, boilers and water tanks, as well as steel radiators and enamel billboards. It developed rapidly after 1918, being the only one of its kind in then Yugoslavia. Emo supplied the domestic market and exported extensively, particularly to the Balkans and the Middle East.
After World War II, the company was nationalised and ran the business under the Emo trademark( the two-lion trademark was registered internationally in 1928). Its core product range remained enamel cookware, sold to 25 countries. It has been, although on a smaller scale, manufactured to this day.
� Tomo Jeseničnik