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Škoda Transportation, a leading European manufacturer of vehicles for urban and rail transport, is a dynamic and rapidly growing company with an extensive production tradition spanning more than 150 years. Škodovka is today number one in Central Europe in the field of rolling stock. Modern electric locomotives, metro sets, low-floor trams and other important components of rolling stock travel from the workshops in the main Pilsen area to domestic and foreign customers.

On March 18, 2004, in Bratislava, the construction of the first European Kia car plant in Slovakia was officially approved by the ceremonial signing of a contract between Kia Motors Corporation, a manufacturer of world-class vehicles for dynamic people with a young spirit, and the government of the Slovak Republic. Kia Motors Corporation decided to build its first European plant based on the continuous increase in sales and growing market share in Europe. This decision is also in line with Kia's plan to become one of the world's leading car manufacturers.

The company KOITO CZECH s.r.o., as a subsidiary of the Japanese company Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd., proudly claims not only a century-old tradition of manufacturing lighting technology, but with its economic results in recent years it has also significantly contributed to the expansion of the Koito Group in Europe, within the production of all important types of automotive lighting technology. In 2016, Koito Czech also celebrates 15 years since the company was founded in the Czech Republic and confirms the fact that it is among the largest and most stable employers in the Ústí Region.
Headlights for Toyota, Nissan, Suzuki, Renault, Daimler, Bentley, Volvo, Land Rover, Porsche and Audi roll off the production lines of the Žatec plant.

irma YAPP CZECH AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS Co., s.r.o. is a part of YAPP Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., which brings together companies specialized in the development, production and sale of plastic fuel systems in the automotive industry. The headquarters of our parent company is located in Yangzhou, China, where we have the largest presence - over ten branches including the development center. There are also other branches in India, Russia, Australia, the USA and, of course, in the Czech Republic.

Šmeral Brno as is a company with a tradition dating back to 1861. During its more than 150-year history, our company has gone through a long development of its focus, which began with foundry production, followed by the addition of engineering production until the decision to manufacture forming machines of its own brand in 1925. At present, the basis of our production program are turnkey forming lines automated by robots or transfers and separate forming machines and other equipment for forges. E.g. presses and hammers for hot die forging or forging rolls. Šmeral Brno is the world's leading supplier of machines for transverse wedge rolling of steel and aluminum alloys.

Koncern Design Studio was founded in 2000 and its foundation is formed by the pair of designers Jiří Přibyl and Martin Imrich. It is specialized in industrial design, the studio works mainly for international companies. It provides broader support in product development, which starts with research in the given field, through assignments for development and cooperation with the client's marketing department.

The company DFK Cab, s.r.o. specializes in the production of cabins for forklift trucks as well as work, off-road, leisure and sports machines of a wide range of brands and models. Thanks to stable quality and a design solution (protected by an industrial design), we produce cabins that have gradually become part of their original accessories for a number of brands from the original alternative.

The tradition of our foundry production dates back more than 90 years. The beginnings of the production of castings in Zlín date back to 1924, when the foundry was founded as part of the Baťa factories and was located in the center of Zlín. We currently employ approx. 360 workers, our annual turnover is approx. 520 million CZK
Our knowledge and technology allows us to produce substantial, form-demanding castings from gray, ductile or vermicular cast iron, even in larger series. A complete service for the customer with an emphasis on the optimal structural and technological solution of the casting, including the design of the material used, is a matter of course.

Our company is a major switch manufacturer with a long tradition and business activities all over the world. We specialize in the development, construction, production, assembly and regeneration of switch structures for railway lines, tram lines and metro lines.

After its establishment in 1994, the company partly continued the original production of machines for the food industry, in the course of the following years the program expanded to include machines and technologies for the textile and glass industry and machines for manufacturers of insulating materials. As part of the greater modernization and development of the company after 2008, new technologies for sheet metal processing were acquired and the company began to supply products for customers from the rolling stock industry. They were mainly products and sheet metal weldments used for air conditioning in trains and weldments for electrical components.