In the early of 20th the company bore the name by the founder Robert Slezak. Trained locksmith originally from Bystřice pod Hostýnem founded in his hometown in 1908, a small machine shop on a regular locksmith products, furniture and building hardware. The workshop quickly grew, production was extended first by popular brass fittings, the new premises were he introduced new technology, electroplating: One of the first manufacturers began Slezak in 1911 to procure goods galvanic surface layer composed of copper, nickel and chromium. Followed by manufacture of metal chairs and brass furniture (since 1913), especially beds, tables and chairs according to their own designs, often in combination with a metal and wood.