Jan Antonín Baťa


Jan Antonín Baťa was a Czech shoe manufacturer from Uherské Hradiště, half-brother of Tomáš Baťa.
After his half-brother Tomas' death based in Zlín, former Czechoslovakia.
Bata's administration began in May 1931, he implemented new growth plans for the Baťa businesses at the height of the depression, expanding into new industries including: shoe machinery, tires, textiles, chemicals, mines, canals, a railway, film studios, manufacture of airplanes, bicycles, department stores, import/export.
At the time when Bat'a became owner and chief executive officer, the Baťa organization employed 16,560 co-workers that maintained 1,645 shops and 25 enterprises. Most of it in Czech lands and Slovakia. The international businesses of the Baťa company consisted of 790 employees, 132 shops and 20 international enterprises.
During his period, the Moravian and Czech part of the business more than doubled its size to 38,000 co-workers, 2,200 shops, and 70 enterprises. The Slovak enterprises also expanded exponentially In Slovakia from 250 people to 12,340 and 8 enterprises.
In 1939 when Czechoslovakia was annexed by Nazi Germany Bat'a unsuccessfully tried to negotiate with the German authorities in order to prevent the control of his company from being taken over by the German army. With his family he went into exil to the United States but in 1941 was blacklisted for having entered into negotiations with the Nazis and was exiled again, settling finally in Brazil, where he founded several towns, including: Bataiporã, Bataguassu, Batatuba, Anaurilândia and Mariápolis, communities where more than 100,000 people live today.
Up to his death, he expanded the organization more than sixfold from the date of purchase. From 1931 to 1942, the Bata organization grew to 105,770 employees.
The Baťavilles were new cities, new industrial communities, each with a specialized purpose, based on the "ideal city" model. Jan Bat'a came up with a contest in 1935, where the ideal city designs were entered in the contest. "In 1935, Bata invited Le Corbusier to Zlin as a member of the jury of Bata's International Housing Competition and for consultations over the factory city plans." The way Bata introduced the Ideal city concept was based on a competitive competition.

Czech Republic

  1. Zlin
  2. Otrokovice – Batov,
  3. Trebíc, Czech,
  4. Moravia - Slovakia Bata Canal 60 Kilometers
  5. Zruc nad Sázavou,
  6. Sezimovo Ústí

    Slovakia

  7. Bošany
  8. Svit
  9. Nové Zámy
  10. Liptovský sv. Mikuláš,
  11. Baťovany

    Europe

  12. Best, The Netherlands,
  13. East Tilbury, England,
  14. Hellocourt, France,
  15. Vernon, France
  16. Neuvic, Dordogne, France
  17. Brussels, Belgium
  18. Borovo, Croatia
  19. Möhlin, Switzerland
  20. Chelmek, Poland
  21. Martfü, Hungary

    Outside Europe

  22. Batanagar
  23. Belcamp, Maryland USA,
  24. Batawa, Canada

    Brazil

  25. Batatuba
  26. Mariapolis, Brazil
  27. Bataguassu
  28. Município de Batayporã
  29. Município de Anaurilândia

    Other Bata factories

  30. Syria
  31. Iraq, Baghdad
  32. Klang, Malaya
  33. Mansurieh , Egypt
  34. Gwelo formerly Rhodesia, later Gweru, Zimbabwe,
  35. Indonesia,
  36. Peru, Lima
  37. Chile, Batafler
  38. Java Island, Batavia Kalibata
  39. Kenya, Nairobi/Limuru
  40. India, Lahore
  41. Morocco, Casablanca
  42. Belgian Congo
  43. Bolivia, Quillacollo
  44. Senegal, Dakar French West Africa
  45. Guatemala
  46. Haiti, Port-au-Prince
  47. Vietnam, Haiphong
  48. Philippines