(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 15-Jun-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announces the appointment of Elisabetta Falcetti as the new Head in in central Europe and the Baltic states (CEB). EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso has formally introduced … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Czech Republic, Estonia, Financial, Hungary, Investment, Latvia, Lithuania, Management, News, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia
Tagged Baltic States, Baltics, CEB, central Europe, coronavirus pandemic, Czech Republic, EBRD, economic transition, economist, Elisabetta Falcetti, Estonia, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, green transition, Grzegorz Zieliński, Hungary, investment, Latvia, Lithuania, Odile Renaud-Basso, Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, sustainable, Warsaw
Roland Villinger will have responsibility for the newly created area of ‘Corporate and Product Strategy’ at ŠKODA AUTO as of 1 June 2021 ‘Corporate Development and Digitalisation’ and ‘Product Strategy and Modular Toolkit Management’ departments to be merged Previous Head … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Andre Wehner, AUDI AG, Corporate Development, Czech car manufacturer, digitalisation, Guido Haak, KAMIQ, KAROQ, Ludwig Maximilian University, McKinsey, mobility, Modular Toolkit Management, Product Strategy, Roland Villinger, ŠKODA AUTO, Thomas Schäfer, University of Cambridge, Volkswagen Group
As the Volkswagen Group brand responsible for the region, ŠKODA AUTO donates one million euros to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic in India First part of in-kind and monetary donations is already on their way to the destination Czech car … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Financial, Germany, Healthcare, Industrial, Management, News, Non Profit, Society
Tagged COVID-19, Czech car manufacturer, donation, fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, financial resources, German Red Cross, Gurpratap Boparai, humanitarian, INDIA, Indian Red Cross, KOVO trade union, liquid oxygen tanks, medical equipment, oxygen generator, relief supplies, ŠKODA AUTO, Thomas Schäfer, Volkswagen Group
ŠKODA AUTO is involved in vaccinating its employees against COVID-19 by supporting Klaudián Hospital in Mladá Boleslav To protect employees from coronavirus, ŠKODA implemented over 80 individual measures and restrictions at its plants and offices immediately after the outbreak of … Read the full press release
Charitable gala evening to support the families of victims of the COVID-19 pandemic Special concert performed by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra with principal conductor Semjon Bychkov ŠKODA AUTO has been an integral part of the Volkswagen Group since 1991 (PRESS … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Entertainment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Non Profit, Society
Tagged Antonín Dvořák, car manufacturer, concert, Covid-19 pandemic, ČT Art, Czech Medical Chamber, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, frontline relief organisations, fundraising campaign, gala concert, Georges Bizet, KOVO, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Rudolfinum, Semyon Bychkov, ŠKODA AUTO, ŠKODA Storyboard, the Doctors’ Union, Thomas Schäfer, Volkswagen Group
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 15-Jan-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska announces that its Parkview office building located in Prague, Czech Republic has been sold to Deka Immobilien, one of Europe’s leading real estate investors and asset managers, for EUR 77M, about SEK … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Czech Republic, Investment, News, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged asset managers, construction, Core certificates, Czech Republic, Deka Immobilien, Grant Thornton, Jacobs Douwe Egberts, LEED Platinum, Pankrác, Parkview office building, Prague, real estate investors, Safety Standards, Skanska, sustainable buildings, WELL Gold Shell, WELL Health-Safety Rating
(PRESS RELEASE) MILAN, 14-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Italian global banking and financial services company, UniCredit has been recognised as the Best Private Bank in Central and Eastern Europe for 2021 by Global Finance, for the 6th year in a row. … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 26-Nov-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Space Agency (ESA), an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states dedicated to the exploration of space, has announced it signed a €86 million contract with an industrial team led by the … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Czech Republic, France, Germany, News, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Science, Sweden, Switzerland, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged ClearSpace SA, ClearSpace-1, debris removal mission, Earth orbit, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL, Eric Morel de Westgaver, ESA, ESOC, Holger Krag, Jan Wörner, Luc Piguet, Luisa Innocenti, Martin Vetterli, Muriel Richard-Noca, Ninja Menning, orbit, Renato Krpoun, Rolf Densing, space debris, Space Safety Programme, Space19+ Ministerial Council, start-up, Vespa payload adapter
Sweden has submitted a proposal of 12 new Gripen C/D fighter aircraft to Croatia (PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 9-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, representatives of the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) and the Swedish Embassy in Croatia submitted the government-to-government proposal … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Croatia, Czech Republic, Defence, Hungary, Industrial, News, Security & Safety, Sweden, Technology
Tagged aeronautics, CROATIA, Croatian defence industry, Croatian homeland security, Croatian security, government-to-government proposal, Gripen, Gripen C/D fighter aircraft, Gripen fighters, Jonas Hjelm, NATO interoperability, NATO operations, Saab, Sweden, Swedish Defence Material Administration
ŠKODA AUTO makes three different types of transmission for Volkswagen Group at its Mladá Boleslav and Vrchlabí sites Production at ŠKODA AUTO is continuously optimised, automated and digitalised in line with Industry 4.0 principles (PRESS RELEASE) MLADÁ BOLESLAV, 20-Aug-2020 — … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Industrial, News, Technology
Tagged automatic 7-speed direct-shift gearbox, Christian Bleiel, current generation, direct-shift transmission, DQ 200, DQ200, DSG, gearboxes, Manufacturing, Michael Oeljeklaus, MLADÁ BOLESLAV, MQ 200, MQ/SQ100, MQ200, OELJEKLAUS, production, ŠKODA AUTO, transmission, Vrchlabí
Silhouette offers a foretaste of the new all-electric SUV from ŠKODA ENYAQ iV is ŠKODA’s first model based on the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electrification Toolkit (MEB) (PRESS RELEASE) MLADÁ BOLESLAV, 22-Jul-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Czech automobile manufacturer ŠKODA, part of … Read the full press release
Internet of Things (IoT) technologies enable further automation at the high-tech Vrchlabí site CNC processing lines automatically order parts, supplied by automatic robots that report back for duty with their load carriers Automation of component ordering and supply is yet … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) PRAGUE, 7-Apr-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading digital transformation company Atos SE announced it has made two supercomputers at IT4Innovations, the national supercomputing center at the VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, available to researchers and businesses conducting research that is … Read the full press release
Posted in Czech Republic, Education, France, Healthcare, News, Non Profit, Science, Society, Technology
Tagged 1 PFlop per second, Anselm, Atos, Barbora, COVID-19, Covid-19 pandemic, IT4Innovations, Laura Fau, pandemic, researchers, supercomputers, supercomputing, Vít Vondrák, Vladek Šlezingr, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 22-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Construction and development company, Skanska, is set to modernize the 14-kilometer D1 motorway in Czech Republic under the CZK 1.4 billion (SEK 580 million) contract with the Road and Motorway Directorate. The oldest … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) DIEGEM, Belgium, 10-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — EURid announces winners of its SAFEonLINE Art Competition. The competition was launched last October 2019 by the .eu domain name registry and was open to secondary schools students across Slovakia and the … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Belgium, Czech Republic, European Union, Internet & Online, News, Slovakia, Society, Technology
Tagged Aneta Prostecka, art, art competition, Blanka Mocová, Competition, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Daniela Rabatinová, Emília Farkašová, EURid, Filip Hladík, INTERNET, Kateřina Koudelova, Linda Tomaštíková, Lotta Gregoreková, Martin Hudák, Nadežda Tuzhilkina, SAFEonLINE
(PRESS RELEASE) MILAN, 19-Nov-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — UniCredit named Best Private Bank in Central & Eastern Europe by Global Finance magazine in its fifth annual World’s Best Private Banks Awards 2020. UniCredit also earned another regional award, as the Best … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Awards, Banks, Business, Czech Republic, Financial, Italy, News, Romania, Small Business
Hungary-based OTA Szallas.hu PLC. has completed the acquisition of intercountry booking site ‘Utazok.hu’ and Maiutazás Group, closing its high-value transactions in the region. After buying ‘Spanie.pl’, merging with HOTEL.CZ a.s. and taking partial ownership of ‘Travelminit’ in the past two … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Croatia, Czech Republic, Financial, Hungary, International Trade, Internet & Online, News, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Travel
Tagged acquisition, booking site, Business, discount trips online, HOTEL.CZ, Hungary, József Szigetvári, Maiutazás Group, online travel agent, OTA, Pavel Kotas, Pihipakk.hu, PortfoLion, PortfoLion VC, Spanie.pl, Szallas.hu PLC., Tibor Győrbiró, travel, Travelminit, travelminit.ro, Utazok.hu
(PRESS RELEASE) RUEIL-MALMAISON CEDEX, 7-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Eurovia selected to refurbish the 6 km railway section between Lysá and Labem and Èelákovice northeast of Prague. The contract is part of a joint venture with Elektrizace železnic that was awarded … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) PRAGUE, 6-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The Legion Finance Trade Limited Group signed a loan agreement in the aggregate amount of up to 897 million Euro on the 5th of May with Triskata International, a company incorporated in the … Read the full press release
Posted in Czech Republic, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, News
Tagged Barry Brogan, Edward Siciliano, electricity, Legion Finance Trade Limited Group, Liljana Simonoska, loan, photovoltaics, power plant, PV plant, Republic of Czech, solar energy, Triskata International
(PRESS RELEASE) MILAN, 6-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Salini Impregilo and its JV (joint venture) partner Doprastav of Slovakia landed a contract for the building of Lot 2, which is a section (12.53 kilometres) of the D3 highway in the south of … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Czech Republic, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy, News, Poland, Slovakia
Tagged Bridge, bridge construction, České Budějovice, Ceskie Hodejovice, construction, construction project, D3 highway, Dolní Dvořiště, Doprastav of Slovakia, European route E55, highway, highway contract, Janske Lazne Pediatric Hospital, Kovo office tower, Malsi River, Motokov office tower, motorway, S7 Expressway, Salini Impregilo, Tábor
More efficient use of synergies: under ŠKODA’s leadership, Volkswagen Group establishes new management structure in India from 1 January 2019 Gurpratap Boparai, currently Managing Director of ŠKODA AUTO India Private Limited (SAIPL), to also become Managing Director of Volkswagen India … Read the full press release
ŠKODA AUTO has invested around 8 million euros in its small parts warehouse in Mladá Boleslav Robots transport small parts from the automatic warehouse to the assembly line High level of automation increases the efficiency of processes in production logistics … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Industrial, Technology
Tagged automatic small parts, automation, Michael Oeljeklaus, Mladá Boleslav, ŠKODA AUTO, warehouse
The 110-year-old two-seater now in original condition Only preserved specimen of twelve Laurin & Klement BSC ever built Major mechanical vehicle components including the engine are original parts from 1908 MLADÁ BOLESLAV, 14-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Laurin & Klement type … Read the full press release
ŠKODA AUTO is currently investing 65 million euros in stepping up gearbox production ŠKODA AUTO’s manufacturing of transmissions plays a key role in Volkswagen Group’s production network Gearbox production is consistently centred on the principles of Industry 4.0 MLADÁ BOLESLAV, … Read the full press release
BUDAPEST, Hungary, 29-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — By 2020 almost 500,000 ICT jobs may remain unfilled in Europe according to European Commission’s estimate. Coding bootcamps offer one way in which this issue can be addressed, by reeducating career changers looking to … Read the full press release
Posted in Czech Republic, Education, Hungary, Internet & Online, News, Technology
Tagged Andrea Kozarek, career, career changers, coding, coding bootcamp course, coding bootcamps, coding course, courses, Czechitas, Czehitas, data analytics courses, graphic design courses, Green Fox Academy, ICT jobs, IT professionals, IT-industry, JOBS, Kristóf Bárdos, labor market, labor market shortage, lack of IT professionals, mentors, mentorship methodology, Prague, programing courses, psychologists, software developer, stress management, students, teaching, teamwork, web development courses
OSLO, 04-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The companies are both owned by Orkla but have been run as separate entities. Vitana has been a part of Orkla since 2013, and Hamé since 2016. The integrated company will be named Orkla Foods Česko … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Czech Republic, Food & Beverage, Norway, Slovakia
Tagged food company, Hamé, Johan Wilhelmsson, Orkla, Pawel Szcześniak, Vitana
Industry Magazine Automotive News Europe awards ‘Eurostar’ award for ŠKODA CEO’s outstanding achievements Award recognizes dynamic sales growth, excellent business results and attractive new models from ŠKODA under Maier’s leadership Bernhard Maier: “This prize belongs to all ŠKODA employees” MLADA … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Awards, Czech Republic, France, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged automotive, Automotive News Europe, Award, Bernhard Maier, ŠKODA
16th edition of the long-standing rally to run from 23 to 25 August with Volkswagen’s support Volkswagen Classic participating with ‘fired-up’ modern classics and sporty Beetles 560 kilometres through Saxony, the Ore Mountains and the Czech Republic WOLFSBURG, 20-Aug-2018 — … Read the full press release
The HAGUE, 16-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Aegon has agreed to sell its businesses in Czech Republic and Slovakia for EUR 155 million to NN Group. The transaction is consistent with Aegon’s strategic objective to optimize its portfolio and capital allocation … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Czech Republic, Insurance, Investment, Netherlands, Slovakia
Tagged Aegon, Alex Wynaendts, divestment, NN Group, pension
2.0 TSI with 140 kW (190 hp): The most powerful petrol engine in the series Sports bumpers, 18-inch alloy wheels and sports seats as standard World premiere at the Paris Motor Show 2018 Mladá Boleslav, 07-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — With … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged compact SUV, KAROQ, MondialAuto, Paris Motor Show 2018, ParisMotorShow, ŠKODA, SUV
Logicor has agreed a lease agreement with international logistics company cargo-partner for all 12,450 sqm of Building 4 at Logicor Park Prague Airport. LONDON, 26-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Logicor Park Prague Airport is located in Dobrovíz, near Václav Havel Airport, 20km … Read the full press release
Volkswagen Group China, the car company JAC and SEAT will together set up a new R&D center for developing electric vehicles, connectivity and autonomous driving technologies by 2021; launch of a competitive BEV platform in planning SEAT to become a … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Czech Republic, Electronics & Machinery, Germany, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp., autonomous, autonomous driving, connectivity, electric vehicles, electric_car, electric_vehicle, electrified_cars, emobility, EV, R&D center, SEAT, technologies, Volkswagen Group China
Manesta Programmatic Agency are specialists at data collection, interpretation of smart analysis, and development of extremely unique advertising solutions that make brands stand out from their direct competition. PRAHA, Czech Republic, 05-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Standing out in a crowd of competitors is no … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Czech Republic, Internet & Online, Marketing, Media, News, Small Business, Technology
Tagged ad agency, advertising, advertising agency, advertising campaign, advertising solutions, Czech Republic advertising market, data collection, data insights, Manesta, Manesta Programmatic Agency, media buying, Praha, programmatic advertising, ROI, smart advertising campaigns, smart analysis, targeted advertisement campaigns, video advertising
The Czechs can look forward to the most modern passenger cars in Europe. National transport company České dráhy has ordered them from the Siemens-Škoda consortium for its long-distance lines. The supermodern, comfortable vehicles combine the benefits and experience gained from … Read the full press release
Volkswagen Group is investing one billion euros in the implementation of the project Together, ŠKODA AUTO and Volkswagen will develop new models in the A0 segment for the Indian market The first model to appear as part of the project … Read the full press release
PRAGUE, 25-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading exporters have chosen LBBW as the best bank for export financing in the EMEA (Europe/Middle East/Africa) economic area. Yesterday in Prague, LBBW received the 2017 Regional Exporters’ Choice Award from well-known specialized information service … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Banks, Czech Republic, Financial, Germany, United Kingdom
Tagged Award, bank, EMEA, export financing, exporters, export_financing, Jonathan Bell, LBBW
ŠKODA AUTO Kvasiny plant opens multifunctional competence centre Testing and quality centre, logistics centre, storage areas for pre-series vehicles and event hall in one facility Production capacity set to rise to more than 300,000 vehicles per year KVASINY, Czech Republic, … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Industrial, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged automobile, expansion, Hradec_Králové, Kvasiny, modernization, ŠKODA AUTO
The name perfectly captures the summer appeal of the cabriolet concept based on the compact SUV ŠKODA KAROQ Social media survey: ŠKODA customers and fans submitted hundreds of suggestions for the 2018 student’s car naming 23 students at the ŠKODA … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Cabriolet, concept car, ŠKODA SUNROQ, ŠKODA Vocational School
The Škoda Transportation Group became the 100% owner of the only Scandinavian manufacturer of rolling stock in Finland, the Transtech company. The majority stake in Transtech was purchased by Škoda in August 2015. The agreement to buy the remaining 25 … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Czech Republic, Finland, Investment, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged Petr Brzezina, rolling stock, Sinituote Oy, Škoda Transportation, trams, Transtech, Zdeněk Majer
BRUSSELS/ THE HAGUE, 17-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The winners of the 2018 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards, Europe’s top honour in the field, were announced today by the European Commission and Europa Nostra, the leading European heritage … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Awards, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Society, Spain, Turkey
Tagged 2018 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards, Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Europa Nostra, European Commission, European heritage network, Plácido Domingo, Tibor Navracsics
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