Combine (enterprise)
![One of the 17,000 workers at the Kombinat Robotron in the German Democratic Republic in 1987 working to produce typewriters](/Images/godic/202501/05/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1987-0125-004,_VEB_Robotron_Elektronik_Dresden,_Endmontage1133.jpg")
Combine (Russian:Комбинат) has several related meanings:
It is a term for industrial business groups or conglomerates in the socialist countries and particularly the former Soviet Union. Examples include VEB Kombinat Robotron, an electronics manufacturer, and IFA, a manufacturer of vehicles, both in East Germany, and the Erdenet copper combine in Mongolia.