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The Association for the Chemical and Metallurgical Production in Usti n. L. was founded in the middle of the 19th century by German specialists, and from the end of the century it was one of the most important institutions for creating main structure of industrial chemistry in the Czech lands. V. Pristoupil was only the 5th Czech chemist employed there from 1920s. His work, mainly in the Association, is described in the article - at the beginning the way of production of phosphorites, his later research (e. g. anticorrosive measures, chloral processes or vanadic contact material), and then his work during the WWII and after the war.