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No one is as complex as we are

Tawesco was established by spinning off from Tatra in 1995, but in the media it remains in the shadow of Tatra to this day. Margita Rejchrtová has been its head for six years and says that exclusive dependence on the heavy truck manufacturer is a thing of the past. Tawesco is mainly fed by other customers. Without parts from its moulding plant, for example, no Škoda would run. Automotive orders account for less than half of turnover and follow the development of the automotive sector. “New car models are generally declining on the market, and some parts that were produced for a new model are being used in other models for cost-saving reasons,” says Margita Rejchrtová, one of the factors influencing Tawesco’s production. ...

EU economics. If I paint a bison on the wall, I’ve actually almost hunted it

The European Union is not in crisis, but has a long-term problem, says Miroslav Singer, economist, former governor of the Czech National Bank, now director of institutional relations and chief economist at Generali CEE Holding. He does not want to guess what ...

Brano Group. Two generations on a runaway train

What does a company look like in the middle of a generational change? Pavel Juříček, Chairman of the Board of Brano Group, is gradually handing over the holding to his son. Václav is now fully responsible for, among other things, the overall holding development, sales, the plant ...

Automotive companies and European legislation. What makes sense and what is out of touch with reality?

Should the government specifically support the automotive sector / selected companies in green transformation? What should be the Czech Republic’s priorities in European policy in terms of the automotive sector? And what changes can actually be realist ...

Automated Driving: Driver 3.0 and the New Rules of the Road

The Czech Republic has decided to make significant progress on the path to autonomous mobility. The working group has prepared changes to the legislation that will allow the operation of Level 3 automated vehicles on selected roads. According to the amended secti ...

We can do it. We have huge credit in the US

At the beginning is silicon carbide powder, at the end is a small component, without which the world cannot do today. Thanks to an investment of up to two billion dollars, this entire process should get underway in the foothills of the Beskydy Mountains, and ...

Foreign direct investment. We are still ahead of Poland

Although Taiwan’s TSMC did not invest in the Czech Republic, but in Dresden, Germany, a number of subcontractors could settle here. Jan Michal, the CEO of CzechInvest, believes this and in an interview explains what the agency is doing for this. W ...

CEE Automotive Supply Chain 2024: in Žilina about the changing world

Lower sales of new vehicles and geopolitical risks in the form of Chinese competition or upcoming events in the US are the topics that dominated this year’s CEE Automotive Supply Chain 2024 conference. Representatives of the automotive industry discuss ...

Artificial intelligence: the future is here and it has rules

In March of this year, the final form of the Artificial Intelligence Regulation (AI Act) was approved at the plenary session of the European Parliament, which should enter into force in 2026. The EU thereby sets the rules for models based on artificial intelligen ...

German locomotive has lost steam

Germany is often described as the “economic locomotive of Europe”. A country with huge industrial potential, strong research, a highly skilled and well-paid workforce, a world export power. It is also the Czech Republic’s primary part ...

From hybrids to batteries. Kolín fights for the electric car

He came to the interview from his morning boxing training still with plenty of energy and in good spirits, although not everything he said later was happy. Robert Kiml, the new – and first Czech – president of Kolín-based Toyota Motor Manufacturing Cz ...

Kamil Blazek: It’s right to have ambitions, but…

“The Czech Republic suffers from an unwillingness to help new investment projects. Greenfield investments have to overcome so many obstacles that they often make no sense for the investor,” says Kamil Blažek, chairman of the Association for F ...

The new European invasion of China

Cooperation between China and Europe in the automotive industry began 40 years ago when the first Volkswagen Santana was assembled in China from imported parts. The partnership between Chinese and European manufacturers is now taking on a whole new dimension ...

David Kříž: The bus is not an inflated car, each piece is unique

Although the General Manager of Iveco Czech Republic, David Kříž, has a driving licence only for passenger cars, he was happy to sit behind the wheel of a bus with the IVECO BUS brand at our request. He is proud of this brand, especially the CROSSWAY model series, which is produced R ...

Tatra has a new Phoenix, managers and offices. It is also exploring the development of alternative drives.

Tatra Trucks has introduced the latest generation of the Tatra Phoenix model range, which builds on proven foundations while introducing many new features that improve comfort, safety and efficiency. Series production will begin in the summer. At the same time, t ...

Where the cars of the future drive

The BMW Group’s unique development and testing centre in Sokolov has the ambition to play a key role in the development of future mobility systems. The 25 kilometres of test tracks on the six-hectare site, which was built on a former open-pit mine spoil heap, are being used t ...

20th anniversary of the Czech Republic’s EU accession: competitiveness is declining and the Green Deal needs repair

Europe is losing competitiveness and one of the strongest pillars of its economy, the automotive industry, is being eroded by over-regulation, expensive inputs and the absence of a long-term industrial policy. This was the subject of a debate between ma ...

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