The Mecklenburg government then made the shoe factory a part of the combine called "Vereinigung volkseigener Betriebe Textil-Bekleidung-Leder des Landes Mecklenburg" (union of publicly-owned companies for textiles, clothing, and leather of the state of Mecklenburg), which was combined with other businesses in 1957 to make the even bigger combine "Rostocker Elektro-Gerätebau" (Rostock electric equipment manufacturing), which later was changed again into the "Deutsche Handelszentrale für Pharmazie- und Krankenhausbedarf" (German trade centre for pharmaceutical und hospital supplies).