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Industry 4.0 in Practice 2024: National Industry Center 4.0 (NCP 4.0) to hold conference on cutting-edge projects for implementation of Industry 4.0 in Prague, Czechia on December 5 with tour of RICAIP Testbed Prague. Representatives of Škoda Auto, Forvia Hella, Maxion Wheels Czech, Vítkovice Cylinders, Partory Group, Spinbotics, Kinalisoft, SP ČR (Confederation of Industry and Transport of Czech Republic), ČSPÚ (Czech Maintenance Society), VŠB-TU to speak at event
November 22, 2024 | 11:47am CETflashread more
Volkswagen to close Audi plant in Brussels, Belgium (Q8 e-Tron, Q8 Sportback e-Tron; 596,570 sqm; 3,000 employees; 2023: 53,555 BEVs produced) by February 28, 2025, moving production to Mexico (San José Chiapa, Puebla; Q5; 460 hectares; 5,350 employees; 2023: 175,626 SUVs produced). Carmaker offered factory for sale, but none of 26 potential investors (Chinese automakers, commercial vehicle manufacturer) made decision. In June, Audi and Puebla state government said that carmaker to invest EUR 1 billion in electric vehicle projects in Puebla, creating 500 new jobs
November 22, 2024 | 11:41am CETflashread more
JATO Dynamics: Dacia Sandero (21,740 registered vehicles, -3%) was best-selling car in Europe (28 countries) in October, followed by Peugeot 208 (20,389, +40%), Volkswagen Tiguan (17,368, +72%), Renault Clio (16,987, +10%), Toyota Yaris Cross (16,542, +7%), VW Golf (16,455, +34%), Toyota Yaris (15,977, +46%), Kia Sportage (14,677, +8%), VW T-Roc (14,385, +8%) and Škoda Octavia (14,372, +16%). Overall market down by 0.1% to 1.04 million, led by Volkswagen, Toyota, Škoda, BMW, Mercedes, Peugeot, Renault, Audi, Dacia and Kia
November 21, 2024 | 03:47pm CETflashread more
European Hydrogen Week 2024: Representatives of Accelera by Cummins, ACEA, Air Liquide, Battolyser Systems, BloombergNEF, Clean Hydrogen Partnership, Dekra, Deloitte, DG MOVE, EBRD, Engie, EC (European Commission), EP (European Parliament), Greenlyte Carbon Technologies, Hydrogen Europe, Hypermotive, Hyvia, Iveco Bus, Linde, Orlen, Robert Bosch, ThyssenKrupp Nucera, Toyota Motor Europe, TÜV Nord, Uniper to speak at conference on hydrogen trends, technologies, projects in Brussels, Belgium (November 18-22)
November 21, 2024 | 03:36pm CETflashread more
Zebra Group (manufacturer of diesel, electric municipal vehicles with 25 employees in Prague and Hradec Králové, Czechia; over 850 vehicles produced for more than 330 customers since 2014; turnover of CZK 49 million/EUR 1.9 million in FY 2023) started to use financing from Venture Club (280-member investor club based in Prague, which in acquired 18% stake in Zebra Group for CZK 30 million/EUR 1.2 million in 2021-2022) in form of factoring of Zebra vehicle orders. From February to September, 25 vehicles financed through it, bringing total investment to almost CZK 50 million (EUR 2 million). Amounts for first 6 vehicles produced have also been successfully paid back to investors with fixed interest rate of 12-15%
November 20, 2024 | 01:58pm CETflashread more
VVA 2024: Tiyo to hold 16th seminar with subtitle 'DIY or golden Czech hands' to inspire current, future automotive developers in Lázně Bělohrad, Czechia on November 21. Representatives of Merkur Toys, Škoda Auto, Stavební geologie – Geosan (SG Geosan), CEITEC, CULS Prague Formula Racing, Faurecia Automotive Slovakia, Kostal Connectors, Sattelo, ÚJV Řež to speak at event
November 20, 2024 | 01:51pm CETflashread more
European Hydrogen Week 2024: European Commission (EC), Hydrogen Europe, Clean Hydrogen Partnership to hold conferences, exhibition, B2B forum, number of networking events on hydrogen trends, technologies, projects in Brussels, Belgium on November 18-22. Accelera by Cummins, AeroDelft, AGC Chemicals, Agfa-Gevaert, Air Products, Arthur Bus, Asahi Kasei, Ballard, Battolyser Systems, BMW, Bosch, Dynelectro, e-Mobil BW, FEV, Greenlyte Carbon Technologies, Hexagon Purus, Horizon Fuel Cell Europe, Hypermotive, Hyvia, Iveco Bus, Linde, Mitsubishi Corporation, Nippon, OPMobility, Orlen, RWE Generation, SSAB, ThyssenKrupp Nucera, Toyota Motor Europe, Uniper Hydrogen, Worthington Cylinders to join exhibition
November 20, 2024 | 01:45pm CETflashread more
Aleš Novák decided to leave Porsche Czech Republic (Porsche Holding Salzburg), devoting himself to his own business activities. Tomáš Navrátil, current SEAT's regional manager for Africa, Middle East and Turkey, to become new Head of SEAT and Cupra brands in Czechia on January 1, 2025
November 19, 2024 | 02:42pm CETflashread more
ČSÚ: Car prices in Czechia stagnated m/m in October, down by 1.2% y/y (new: -0.1%, +1.6%; used: +0.1%, -3%). Inflation (consumer price index/CPI) in related areas developed differently – motorcycles (-2.2%, -1.1%), spare parts and accessories (+1.1%, +7.5%), fuels and oils (-0.4%, -11.4%), maintenance and repairs / service works (+0.4%, +8.7%)
November 19, 2024 | 02:35pm CETflashread more
Warehouse of Antolin (manufacturer of components for vehicle interiors with 22,000 employees in 120 plants, 28 R&D and commercial centers in 25 countries; sales revenues of EUR 4.6 billion in 2023) factory in Chrastava, Czechia (polyurethane foam production within Grupo Antolin Bohemia – supplier of ceiling panels for Maserati, Land Rover, Jaguar, Volvo, BMW, Audi, Volkswagen, Škoda with approximately 300 employees in Liberec-Stráž nad Nisou, Chrastava and Hanover, Germany) hit by fire on November 15, causing damage estimated at CZK 30 million (EUR 1.2 million). No one injured
November 18, 2024 | 12:55pm CETflashread more
Czechbus 2024: Bus Design (Mercedes-Benz, MAN), BusPlan Import (MB, Iveco, BMC, Otokar), Daimler Buses (MB, Setra), Iveco Bus, Karex (Iveco), KHMC (MB, MAN, Volkswagen), MAN Truck & Bus (MAN, Neoplan), Rošero-P (Iveco, MB), Scania, SOR, Škoda Group, Turancar (Isuzu), AD Technik, Anvi Trade, Arriva Transport, Auto-Bus.cz, Autotech-VT, Buse, Bustec, Carling (RoadX), ČSAD SVT Praha, Eberspächer Sütrak, Ediko.cz, FlixBus CZ, Glaspo Trade (Dafo), Heico Czech, Herman Systems, Icom Transport, Miteral, Mave, Mikroelektronika, Mobilboard, Molpir, MyBus, One System, Pakra ZF-Servis, PZK Brno, SDT, SISA, Smar (ABB), Ster, Telma, Vega Tour, Voith Turbo Power Transmission CZ, ZF Friedrichshafen to join 13th bus, mass transport, telematics, service technology fair in Prague, Czechia (November 19-21)
November 18, 2024 | 12:44pm CETflashread more
ESG: Berner Group (manufacturer of chemical, other products for maintenance, repair, care for B2B customers in mobility, industrial, construction sectors with more than 8,000 employees in 21 countries including Germany, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Czechia; turnover of EUR 1.15 billion in FY 2023/2024) started to use only CO2-neutral filling material in its packaging at all 13 European logistics centers. Switch to air cushions made from plant waste, processed packaging waste contributes to saving 1.79 million liters of water, 174,795 kWh of electricity, 159,497 kg of CO2 equivalent. Company wants to reduce CO2 emissions in Scope 1, Scope 2 by 80% by 2030. Six European locations are already using electricity from photovoltaic (PV) power plants and groupwide switch to green electricity should be completed by end of 2024. Every company car user to be able to switch to electric vehicle from 2024 so that 85% of vehicle fleet (out of total of more than 5,500 units) to be using alternative drive systems by 2030. Meanwhile, group is offsetting its carbon footprint by investing hundreds of thousands of euros in climate protection projects from 2023
November 18, 2024 | 12:36pm CETflashread more
Josef Šopík decided to leave Emil Frey Group, devoting himself to other business activities. Zdeněk Fořt, former director of used car sales in Czechia and Managing Director of EF Mobility, appointed as new Head of Opel in Czechia and chief executive at 'O Automobil Import'
November 15, 2024 | 12:40pm CETflashread more
Floods in Switzerland: Novelis (Hindalco Industries/Aditya Birla Group; manufacturer of flat-rolled aluminium/aluminum products for automotive, aerospace, beverage packaging industries with 13,190 employees in 32 plants in 9 countries; customers: Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, General Motors, GMC, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Ferrari, FCA/Stellantis, Maserati, DS Automobiles, Nissan, Toyota, Volvo, Daimler, Mercedes-Benz, Nio, Honda, Hyundai, BMW, JLR/Jaguar Land Rover, Ford, Renault, Rivian, Samsung, Denso) partially resumed production in Sierre, Switzerland, expecting to return to normal production capability (26 kilotonnes of FRP not produced in Q3) in Q4. Company recognized charges of USD 101 million in Q2, Q3 resulting from factory flooding, including fixed asset and inventory charges, idle fixed costs, repairs and clean-up costs, and excess costs to fulfill customer contracts
November 15, 2024 | 12:31pm CETflashread more
Automotive Chassis Systems Technical Conferences & Exhibition Week 2024: Automotive IQ (IQPC) to hold three conferences on automotive chassis systems with exhibition in Munich, Germany on November 26-28 – Automotive Braking Systems Europe (16th year), Automotive Steering Systems Europe (16th year), Automotive Advanced Suspension Systems Europe (13th year). Representatives of Volkswagen, Toyota, Ford, Mercedes-AMG, JLR (Jaguar Land Rover), Ceer Motors, Renault, Iran Khodro, Iveco, Hyundai Motor Technical Centre, General Motors (GM), Knorr-Bremse, Magna, Forvia Hella, Bozzio, Gabriel India, ThyssenKrupp Presta, Hitachi Astemo, Robert Bosch, JTEKT, Renesas Electronics, Huawei, ZF, Nexteer, Tenneco, KYB, BWI, Ampere Software Technology, Nylacast to speak at event
November 13, 2024 | 02:55pm CETflashread more
Car Importers Association (SDA) expanded statistics of registrations of imported used vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) in Czechia with reports by fuel/power. Total of 12,337 used cars imported into Czechia in October, 119,546 units in first 10 months (FCEVs 1, 1; BEVs 424, 3,101; PHEVs 290, 3,077; CNG 42, 425; LPG 63, 746; petrol 5,500, 50,109; diesel 5,977, 61,728)
November 13, 2024 | 02:47pm CETflashread more
Škoda Auto delivered 671,300 vehicles to customers in Q1-3 (84,200 in September; 222,700 in Q3, +6%), representing increase of 29,100 units/4.5% (Octavia 164,900 cars, +13.7%; Kamiq 92,300, +8.3%; Fabia 84,900, +21.3%; Karoq 81,800, +7.9%; Kodiaq 80,300, -1.2%; Enyaq 50,800, -6.7%; Superb 50,100, -0.5%; Scala 42,500, -1.9%; Kushaq 12,700, -34.4%; Slavia 11,000, -22%). Sales in Europe (552,400, +8.2%) and some Asian countries (Turkey/Türkiye 30,100, +23.4%; Israel 15,900, +24.2%) grew, India (24,000, -32.7%) and China (11,800, -34.6%) experienced decline. Škoda Auto Group production reached 780,500 vehicles (+5.3%), sales (deliveries to distributors) 808,600 cars (+4%)
November 13, 2024 | 02:39pm CETflashread more
Volkswagen Group Services (formerly AutoVision; service provider in areas of R&D, IT, engineering, procurement, quality assurance, manufacturing & logistics, sales, health within Volkswagen Group with more than 13,500 employees in Germany, Portugal, Slovakia, Hungary, Spain, Poland, Brazil) opened branch in Czechia with offices in Mladá Boleslav (headquarters of Škoda Auto) and Prague, as offshoot of Slovak branch (Volkswagen Group Services s.r.o. with more than 400 employees in Bratislava, Martin)
November 12, 2024 | 09:19am CETflashread more
SDA: New car registrations in Czechia up by 9% in October (vans -35.7%; trucks -1.2%; buses -6.2%; motorcycles -1.8%; trailers+semitrailers -11.7%), individual fuel/power types successful differently (BEV 1,475 +100.7%, PHEV 532 -22.4%, LPG 412 +57.3%, petrol 13,850 +8.6%, diesel 4,799 +3.6%)
November 12, 2024 | 09:04am CETflashread more
Slovak Industry Vision Day 2024: SARIO to hold forum with subtitle "Energetics – New challenges and opportunities" in Šamorín near Bratislava on November 21, matchmaking event, exhibition (Expo) with participation of companies such as T.O.P. Auto Premium, Patak Motors (Rodster), EV-GP (Electric Vehicle – Green Power), Peek To Power, Tesla Energy Group, NVAS (Slovak National Hydrogen Association), GreenTalk, ESG Klub. Representatives of Jaguar Land Rover, Schaeffler Kysuce, Milence, Norriv, ČSOB, DHL, ASEKOL SK, PW Energy, Viessmann, Ipesoft, Zero Emission Company to speak at conference. Event is focused on energetics and renewable resources, innovative solutions in energetics, green and smart technologies, transport and automotive industry, information and communication technologies (ICT), electrical engineering and defense industry, battery recycling and energy storage technologies, financing
November 11, 2024 | 10:55am CETflashread more
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