 Company retained its focus on military production when it was seized by Germans during the occupation of Czechoslovakia as well as after WW2, when it was nationalized and renamed as Meopta – an acronym for "Me"chanická "opt"ická výrob"a" - mechanical optical manufacturing.Apart from military deliveries, the company became one of the world's major manufacturers of cinema projectors between 1947 and 1970.The abrupt halt of military demand after the dissolution of Warsaw pact forced the company to refocus mainly on civilian applications.