page_title: K. Rudzki i S-ka
section_title: Names
hierarchical_section_title: K. Rudzki i S-ka / Names
caption_attribution_description: Share of the K. Rudzki i S-ka, issued 1926
context_page_description: K. Rudzki i S-ka was a Polish engineering and machinery company. Founded in Warsaw in 1858 as an iron foundry by a shipbuilding magnate Andrzej Artur Zamoyski and led by Konstanty Rudzki, it soon expanded into machinery, steel and engineering. By the end of the 19th century the company, with its seat in Warsaw and a large factory in Mińsk Mazowiecki, had become one of the largest and most experienced bridge construction contractors in Central and Eastern Europe, with roughly 20% of bridges constructed in the Russian Empire bearing the logo of K. Rudzki. After World War I the company declined and ceased its machinery production arm, but continued on as an engineering and construction business. It was nationalised and liquidated after World War II.
  Throughout its existence the company was responsible for some of the most innovative bridge undertakings in the world, including the 1914 Poniatowski Bridge, the 1916 Khabarovsk Bridge and the 1927 Maurzyce Bridge, the first welded road bridge in the world.
context_section_description: The original foundry that formed the core of the future company was named simply "K. Rudzki i S-ka" - "K. Rudzki and Co." (S-ka being a contemporary abbreviation of the word "Spółka", meaning "Company"). When the firm expanded into engineering, machinery construction and other areas, its name was changed and until 1932 it was "Towarzystwo Akcyjne Fabryki Machin i Odlewów "K. Rudzki i Ska"", which could roughly be translated as "'K. Rudzki and Co.' Factory of Machinery and Casts, Joint-stock Association". The official name was then changed to "Towarzystwo Przemysłu Metalowego "K. Rudzki i Spółka" SA" - "Metal Industry Company 'K. Rudzki & Co. Ltd.'". Regardless of the official name of the company, the surname of its founder became almost synonymous with the company itself, especially once Konstanty Rudzki died in 1899, at the height of the company's expansion.
caption: Share of the K. Rudzki i S-ka, issued 1926
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