Béla Plósz

After graduating from university in 1964, he started working in the Product Development Department of the Hungarian Optical Works (MOM). He participated in the development of geodesic, laboratory, fiber optic instruments and computer peripherals. There he learned that the development of a product is inseparable from the manufacturing technology.

From 1968, he participated in the development of a short-seam automatic machine in the product development department of the Csepel Bicycle and Sewing Machine Factory. During the development, he was a co-inventor of several inventions. The world-class machine was manufactured for more than 20 years and was marketed under its own name by several Western textile machine manufacturers.

From 1970, he worked as a scientific associate, group leader, and then department leader in the Hardware Laboratory of the Computer Coordination Institute (SZKI) under the direction of Ervin Kovács. Together with his colleagues, their area of responsibility was the mechanical and technological design, documentation, and implementation management of computer equipment. He was also assigned to lead the development team for the MP 80 dot matrix printer required for personal computers. He was also the co-author of several inventions in connection with this work and technological developments, e.g. the creation of high-precision photographic equipment.

From 1984, he worked as a senior associate at the ITEX Research-Development-Production Association - developing laser plotters and laser printing imagesetters. He also became a co-author of several inventions in these areas.

From 1987 to 2000, until his retirement, he worked as a senior fellow in the Laser Applications Department at the Central Physical Research Institute (KFKI), on the research and development of solid-state lasers for medical and industrial purposes.

Since his retirement, he has been working at the one-person Plósz Engineering Office Ltd., designing and manufacturing precision mechanical and optical instruments and units.