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Bata Corporation. The Bata Corporation (known as Bata, and in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, known as Baťa, IPA: [ˈbaca]) is a multinational footwear, apparel and fashion accessories manufacturer and retailer of Moravian (Czech) origin, headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. The corporation is one of the world's leading shoemakers by ...
It is one of the places named after the multinational shoe company Bata. There is a plant of the Bata company here. The employees mostly reside in Batanagar. Shoe-making is a predominant cottage industry in Batanagar, with houses and families dedicated to manufacturing shoes from leather, PVC, jute, etc. for shoe brands in India.
Calcutta Riverside is a satellite township development across 106 hectares (262 acres) being developed by Riverbank Developers Pvt. Ltd. [1] [2] [3] in joint venture with Bata India Limited planned on the banks of the Hooghly River in Greater Kolkata
Bata Shoes was founded in 1894 by Tomáš Baťa in Zlín (then Austro-Hungarian Empire, today the Czech Republic). [3] After the plea of a Tilbury clergyman to alleviate unemployment during the Great Depression [4] and in part to overcome customs tariffs on foreign products, [3] construction began in 1932 on the Bata shoe factory in East Tilbury.
Thomas J. Bata. Tomáš Baťa (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈbaca]) (3 April 1876 – 12 July 1932) was a Czech entrepreneur and founder of the Bata shoe company. His career was cut short when he died in a plane accident due to bad weather. Baťa's half-brother Jan Antonín Baťa took over his company, expanding it during the Great Depression.
Thomas J. Bata. Tomáš Jan Baťa, CC (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ jan ˈbaca]; anglicised to Thomas J. Bata; September 17, 1914 – September 1, 2008), also known as Thomas Bata Jr. and Tomáš Baťa ml., was a Czech-Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He ran the Bata Shoe Company from the 1940s until the 80s.
The first ever workshop of Bata Shoe Company Ltd. in India was initially set up in Konnagar in 1932. Baro Mandir (Dwadosh Mandir Ghat/Twelve Temples) was built in 1821 in the bank of Ganges river. The Bungalow of Abanindranath Tagore is a heritage place of the city.
Batanagar located in Maheshtala is one of the places named after the multinational shoe company Bata. There is a plant of the Bata company here. The employees mostly reside in Batanagar. Not only the Bata India shoe factory, another very remarkable feature of Batanagar, is that shoe-making is a predominant cottage industry in the locality.