The company Bata did business in 42 fields of production, trade, services; factories and sister companies in 39 countries; its worldwide sales network included 5,500 shoe stores; After the German occupation of the company’s management in Zlin formed a management team composed of: Dominik Cipera, Hugo Vavrecka, Josef Hlavnicka, the impact on the management of the German occupation authorities forced
The new factory Simonovany -Batovany (Partizanske), Zruc nad Sazavou, Sezimovo Usti; other factories in Europe, Africa and America; A new field of business – spa (Bojnice)
In Zlin started the activity of a higher vocational education institute – School of Arts (today Secondary School of Applied Arts in Uherske Hradiste)