Ei Niš. Ei Niš (full legal name: Holding-Korporacija Elektronska industrija a.d. Niš) or Electronics Industry Niš, is a holding company with headquarters in Niš, Serbia. The company has operated from 1948 until it declared bankruptcy in 2016.

History
It originated in 1948 from the foundation of the Institute for the Production of Radio Sets and X-ray Machines, "RR Niš." In the 1970s and 1980s it was one of the greatest Yugoslavian companies employing over 10 thousand people. However, during the 1990s most of the company business collapsed, due to the war in Yugoslavia, lack of investing in research and sanctions the country was facing.

During the 2000s, the company manufactured acoustic equipment, electronic tubes including cathode-ray tubes, printed plates, electronic machine elements, hydraulics, pneumatics, appliances, air-conditioners, medical equipment, roentgen machines, TV sets, radio receivers, and semiconductors. It was  one of the few remaining makers of electronic vacuum tubes.

In 2016, after decades of insolvency, it declared bankruptcy before regional Business Court.

Elektronska Industrija Niš works in partnership with other European companies, such as Alcatel (telephony), Honeywell, Bull, Silicon graphics (computers), Sagem, Siemens, Hellige, or even ITT or Philips.

Operations 
The most successful period of business was from 1965 to 1980. At that time, EI had plants in Nis, Belgrade, Svrljig, Žitoraža, Aleksinac, Đevđelia (Macedonia), Serbia (Croatia), about 50 factories with 28,000 workers and an annual gross product of about 700 million dollars. At that time, the electronic industry had a large range of consumer products for domestic needs, the military and export. Appliances and devices were produced in large series: radios, loudspeakers, amplifiers, sound systems, computers, electric meters, washing machines, dishwashers, ordinary irons, televisions, telephones, telephone exchanges, HF devices, radio stations, railway signaling, traffic lights and accompanying equipment, special purpose devices for the needs of the army and militia, printed electronic circuits, industrial electronics, auto electronics, X-ray devices, medical devices, color cathode ray tubes, electronic tubes, air conditioners, cardboard packaging, plastic goods, ferromagnetic materials, resistors, capacitors, mechanical parts of devices, semiconductor elements.

Ei had spread plants into all Yugoslav republics and managed to develop full production process, most of all, semiconductor production.

The subsidiaries that have operated within the holding company Ei under various names and in various organizational forms are:

 EI Acoustics Svrjig

 EI Machine Shop Nis
 EI Household Appliances Nis
 EI Auto Service Nis
 EI Beokom Belgrade
 EI VEP Nis (or EI Vakum Electronic Products Nis)
 EI VF Zemun (later privatized to "VF Holding" AD)
 EI Ekos Eds Nis 
 EI Ekos Nis
 EI Exim Belgrade
 EI Expocom Belgrade
 EI Elbas Zemun
 EI Electromedicine Nis
 EI Electrical Products Nis
 EI Elkom Zemun (or EI Avala Zemun)
 EI Elmag Nis
 EI Energy and Maintenance Zemun
 EI Eurostand Nis
 EI Protection Nis
 EI Industrial Electronics Nis
 EI Informatics Nis ("Technicom Informatics" Nis)
 EI Irin Nis 
 EI Research and Development Institute Belgrade (now IRITEL)
 EI Jugorendgen (or EI X-ray Machine Factory)
 EI Ceramics Djevđelija
 EI Color Cathode Tubes Nis
 EI Commerce Nis
 EI Components Nis
 EI Measuring Devices Nis
 EI Metal Nis 
 EI Nikola Tesla Zemun
 EI Nit Nis
 EI Opek Nis
 EI Pack Aleksinac
 EI Pionir Zemun
 EI Plastics Nis
 EI Semiconductors Nis
 EI Trade Nis
 EI Professional Electronics Nis 
 EI Pupin Zemun
 EI Radio Tubes Nis
 EI Computers Nis
 EI Components Nis
 EI October 7 Nis 
 EI Service Network Belgrade
 EI Sigraph Nis
 EI Owl Nis (after privatization by HDS Nis)
 EI Standard (or EI UIT Nis)
 EI Television Nis
 EI Test Nis
 EI Transport and Trade Nis
 EI Service Nis
 EI Factory of Electric Hand Tools Zemun
 EI Machinery and Equipment Factory Nis EI Machine Parts Factory Nis
 EI Radio Receiver Factory Nis (or EI Radio Acoustics) 
 EI Signal Devices Factory Belgrade
 EI Specific Elements Factory Nis
 EI Femid Bela Palanka
 EI Ferit Zemun
 EI Hanivel Nis
 EI Chegar Nis
 EI SKO Nis or EI Internal Bank Nis
 EI Printed Circuits Nis

Sponsorships 

Ei agreed with local club FK Radnički Niš on sponsorship deal during 80s. The club peaked in the early 80s when it reached the UEFA Cup semifinals after already being near very top in the Yugoslav league for few year.

Products
Ei managed to develop full spectrum of electronics production, but it was mostly know in the market by loudspeakers, amplifiers, sound systems, computers, electric meters, washing machines, dishwashers, ordinary irons, televisions, telephones, telephone exchanges. 

EI products included the computers Pecom 32, Pecom 64, as well as the Lira series, starting with the Lira 512.

See also
 History of computer hardware in Yugoslavia
 List of computer systems from Yugoslavia
 List of companies of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

References

External links
 
 Elektronska industrija Niš: Od giganta do stečaja at koreni.rs

 
1948 establishments in Serbia
Companies based in Niš
Computer companies of Serbia
Defunct companies of Serbia
Electronics companies established in 1948
Electronics companies of Serbia
Medical technology companies of Serbia
Serbian brands
Vacuum tubes