One of the oldest trades - so far as it known - is company NEVA, which was
founded in 1793, by Mr. Vaclav Nekut - it was Wheel wright's trade and Steam saw
mill.
Company was developed of that small trade (perhaps 10 staff) in a factory with 45
employers in 1940. In that time due of the last holder of Nekuts - Mr. Vaclav
Nekut - had company greatest expansion. Company NEVA produced sporting needs, sledge,
skis, hockey-sticks and further needs for agriculture, trailer for horses and
for tractors, wheel-barrows, hand trucks, felloes and covers for foods and for
machines, which was exported. Steam saw mill produced assortment of sawn woods
for production and building purposes. The factory had one's own power station
for own need of electricity.
When was nationalization (in 1957), in factory kept a house South Bohemia woods
concern. This concern was produced only assortment of sawn woods and covers for
foods.
In 1965 company NEVA get to company KOH-I-NOOR, which began with production of
half-finished product of pencils and sawn woods.
In 1991 returned company NEVA to its private owner. In this time the staff of
employed were 190. The products have made in NEVA - largely machines - which are
exported to 30 countries of the world.