The factory was part of the VEB Kombinat Textima Karl-Marx-Stadt and was named Nadel- und Platinenfabrik (‘NAPLAFA’). The VEB designed and produced several machines for the chemical fiber production, textile industry and many more which are related to them. In 1990 the Kombinat Textima was reformed in the ‘Textima AG’. Not long after, many of the factories which belonged to the Textima closed down like the one we photographed or got privatized. The whole corporation was liquidated in 1996. Nowadays, the name and trademark rights belong to the ‘Textima Import Export GmbH’ which is situated in Berlin. In 2018 the famous urban art festival ‘ibug’ took place in the factory where artists created many great artworks all over the building which can still be seen today.
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