As the strongest bank in prewar Czechoslovakia , ZIBA controlled 60 companies , including the largest in the country .
The bank fostered mergers among large Czech industrial corporations ( for example the creation of the mechanical engineering colossus CKD ) and systematically built up its industrial empire .
As the strongest bank in prewar Czech , ZIBA controlled 60 companies , including the largest in the country .
The bank fostered mergers among large Czech industrial corporations ( for example the creation of the mechanical engineering colossus CKD ) and systematically built up its industrial empire .