Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 30-31/3. (2011)
Vasile Şandor, Kovács Barna: Din viaţa economică a Municipiului Tărgu-Mureş. Fabrica de Mobilă Ardeleană "Székely şi Réti" S. A. în perioada interbelică
Marisia XXX-XXXI Viata economica a Municipiului Targu-Mure§. Fabrica de Mobilä Ardeleanä „Székely §i Réti” S.A. ín perioada interbelicä Vasile §ANDOR, KOVÁCS Barna From the economic life of Targu Mures. Furniture Factory Transylvanian 'Székely and Reti "in the interwar Abstract The Transylvanian Furniture Factory „Székely §i Réti" S.A. was developed between 1917-1940 from a modest enterprise of local interest to a strong company of national importance. Apart from the initial headquarters in Tg.-Mure§, other branches were set up in Sibiu, Bra§ov and Bucharest. The evolution of economic conditions led to the transfer of the headquarters to Bucharest, where, by 1940, it has reached market leadership in Romania. The majority of the social capital, which grew from 250.000 krone r= 125,000 lei to 5,000,000 lei, as well as the effective leadership in the company were always held by Székely and Réti family members. Whenever possible, borrowing was avoided, to not hinder the company’s financial situation with interest payments. The management has consistently followed a policy of social capital investment, including in times of severe financial difficulties, as well as promoting modern technical and commercial production practices, with the purpose of obtaining and maintaining market leadership. The company has expressed an ongoing concern for protecting the employees, through paid wages, the amount of which was increased to offset the effects of inflation, as well as by managing their pension fund. Collective redundancies have been confined to the extremely rare circumstances in which, due to major economic difficulties, the sale and, therefore, the production stagnated. ín Tg.-Mures? au existat cäteva societati comerciale care, ín decursui evolutiei lor, au marcat existenta comunitätii §i au fost puncte de reper, prin amploarea lor convertitá ín cifra de afaceri, semnificatia lor ín peisajul economic local, regional §i national, prin angajarea fortéi de muncä locale §i impactul asupra mentalului colectiv, prin personalitatea conducätorilor lor exprimatä prin recunoa§terea lor in comunitate §i pe plan national §i, dupä caz, international. Una dintre aceste societati reprezentative ale ora§ului a fost Fabrica de Mobile Ardeleanä „Székely §i Réti” S.A., Ínfiintatá in iunie 1917. Evolutia societatii ín perioada interbelicä prezintä un interes particular, ínfiintatá íntr-o zonä marginalä a Austro-Ungariei, cu о piatä initialä limitatä, а trecut prin transformärile impuse de dezmembrarea Imperiului §i formarea Romäniei Mari, s-а dezvoltat cu succes in noile conditii, supravietuind Marii Crize, transferändu-se §i devenind un actor economic de primä märime in Bucure§ti, pentru a päräsi Capitala, restabilindu-se la Tg.-Mure§ dupä al doilea Dictat de la Viena, adaptändu-se §i devenind о societate de succes in conditiile specifice ale economiei Ungariei din prima parte a anilor '40. Contextui economic din perioada interbelicä in care a evoluat societatea poate fi schitat prin cäteva elemente semnificative, privind comparativ punctui de vedere oficial cu cel al unui actor economic privat: 269
