Almost 80 years ago, on November 5, 1938, the Mija Romanian Mechanical and Chemical Enterprise was established as a result of the efforts made by the Romanian state and a number of personalities, including Professor Elie Carafoli, who was one of the first shareholders, to create a national weapon industry. The  company’s profile consisted in the manufacture of aviation bombs of 50 Kg, 100 Kg and 225 Kg, antitank mine, fumigation equipment and other products for the needs of the army. After being transferred to state ownership, the object of activity has been continuously diversified through the development of new capabilities for both civilian and military products. Technological possibilities and company management have allowed the acquisition and assimilation of products specific to the machine building industry (machine tools and aggregates, mechanical transmissions, distribution and transfer boxes, torsion bars, excavator bridges, etc.) and products which corresponds to the needs of the army and forces of maintaining public order (anti-tank PG-7, PG-9, various aviation bombs, guided anti-tank missiles, hand grenades, machine guns, etc.). After 1990, the plant underwent extensive restructuring and reorganization processes aimed at maintaining its scope of activity, capacity restructuring, outsourcing of assets, product modernization, staff layoffs. Over time, the Society has been subordinated to the Ministry of Economy under the subordination of A.V.A.S. and then subordinated to the Ministry of Economy, each change bringing different views on the future of the defense industry. The company, initially a large unit located in two locations, was completely transformed by moving the activity from the mechanical plant to the pyrotechnic station, representing, through this realization, a model in the field of restructuring of the units. The Mija Mechanical Plant represented and continues to represent the symbol and also the engine of economic activity in Dâmboviţa County, its values becoming, in time, a family tradition; the continuous process of renewal and development, both in terms of endowments and products, has led to the creation, maintenance and permanent development of a true technical culture among the staff and the population in the area.