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The county’s

industry is “picking up”

In 1898, the construction of the Silk Weaving Factory was
started in Tolna. In the factory, owned by the Hungarian

state, production was started in 1900. Fifty kilograms of silk

yarn were made a day. The raw material was provided by its
own Hungarian silk cocoon, because the Bezerédj family

established silkworm breeding in the county. Th e “Memo-
rial Room” which preserves values of the industrial history,

is located on the premises of the factory. The Silk Cocoon
Warehouse is a special sight. the Qualified Excellent Product trademark. It is a promi-

Bonyhád’s internationally renowned enamel factory was nent national value and a “Tolnaicum”.
The Kölesd-Borjád Pellet Factory is the most prestigious

industrial monument in the county. It was founded because
the industry and the hunters needed large quantities of

shotgun pellets, which were difficult to buy from abroad.

The construction of the nuclear power plant was started
south of Paks in 1969, and has been generating electricity
as the country’s only nuclear power plant connected to the
power grid since 1987. Today, it generates slightly more
than half of the domestic power supply. During its establish-
ment and operation, the Hungarian expertise accumulated

in the field of nuclear energy is not only internationally re-
nowned, but also another Tolnaicum. The Information and

Visitor Centre began operating in 1995, and the Museum of
founded and registered in 1909. It earned its fame with the Atomic Energy opened its doors to visitors in 2012. Today,
manufacture of enamel plaques, and won a gold medal for preparations for the modern extension of the nuclear power
them at exhibition in 1926. Since 1999, its products have plant have begun.

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