"Ortal", or the full name Gen. Walerian Wróblewski Silk Industry Plants "Ortal", was one of the main Polish textile enterprises during People's Republic of Poland time. Technically, the trade name "Ortal" appeared 1971-1975 after modernization of the factory. Because the main enterprise on the basis of which the Wróblewski State Works were established was the K.T. Buhle Textile Plant, which had been operating since 1897. The owners of the factory actively supported the National Socialist regime, and therefore their assets became state property after the end of WWII. State Silk and Haberdashery Industry Plant No. 8 was established in 1947. In 1950, by virtue of the regulation of the Minister of Light Industry, it was renamed in honor of Gen. Walerian Wróblewski. Walery Antoni WRÓBLEWSKI (1836-1908) was a Polish-Belarusian and French revolutionary, politician, general of Paris Commune and commander of January Uprising and later an activist of the Polish Socialist Party. That time the plant specialized in the production of knitwear and fabrics. In 1950, over 13 million running meters were produced, and in 1977 it exceeded 35 million. From the beginning of the 1950s, the production of haberdashery products, mainly ties, began. The factory started with less than 170 thousand pieces produced, but the great interest in this assortment led to the big jump in the first half of the 1960s, when the amount of haberdashery produced increased from 735 thousand pieces in 1960 to 2.8 million pieces in 1965. In 1976 it was already 7.5 million pieces. As textile company "Ortal" produced viscose, cotton, and polycotton fabrics, but the plant was best known for its artificial and synthetic silk, from which it made fabrics for dresses and shirts, as well as curtains and coats. It also specialized in the production of nylons and ties. 18% of fabrics and 40% of ties were sold to, among others, the Soviet Union, West Germany, France, Canada, the United States, Great Britain, Greece and Arab countries. The end of the Soviet era had a negative impact on the company – despite transformation into a sole-shareholder company of the State Treasury and contributed to the National Investment Fund in 1993, economic crisis in 2008 had almost finished it off. The “Ortal” company operates to this day as a private enterprise. It deals with the trade of textile products and real estate management.