RED DISTRICTS III, 1980 - 2009

RED DISTRICTS III - Cement Factory Trbovlje, signed and stamped by Laibach

The Trbovlje Cement Factory is one of the oldest companies in Slovenia, having been in operation since 1876, when the first clinker kiln for cement production was commissioned. Local limestone-rich deposits and the proximity to the railway and the Sava River presented excellent conditions for cement production. After the end of the Second World War, during which cement production fell sharply, the Cement Works was part of the Trbovlje Coal Company. In 1947, however, it was nationalised and in 1950 the first Workers' Council of the factory was elected. By 1951, the Cement factory produced between 110,000 and 120,000 tonnes of cement annually, which led to it being awarded the Transitional Flag and the recognition of the Government of the Federative People's Republic of Yugoslavia as the best collective within the cement industry in Yugoslavia.

Since 2002, it has been owned by the Lafarge Group, a French company that is the world's largest producer of cement.  In recent years, the Cement Works has also been home to a waste incinerator, which has emitted toxic substances into the air. Due to pressure from local ecological organization Eko Krog (Eco Circle) and other members of the public, Lafarge was forced to suspend operations.

Some of the members of Laibach had been on work experience at the plant in the 1970s prior to the group being founded.  

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