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Zlín
Zlin is a medium-sized city and it is famous as the birthplace of Tomas Bata, the founder of the colossal Bata Shoe Empire. The company flourished in the first half of the 20th century and since then Zlin became a centre of business, new technologies, research and culture. In 1939 Bata Shoe Company has been doing business in 42 fields of manufacturing, trade, and services and there were factories and subsidiaries in 39 countries around the world. However, the World War II and the following communist regime had very negative effect on the company and the city, -and many people decided to move away.
The character of Zlin has been formed since the beginning of the 1990s - the city of entrepreneurs. After the Velvet Revolution in
Zlin is also a university city.
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