ŠKODA records growth in Central Europe, India and China European sales of ŠKODA Fabia and ŠKODA Superb increase in double figures Tense market situation in Russia and Eastern Europe persists Mladá Boleslav, 13-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — ŠKODA delivers 88,500 vehicles … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic
Giant: New ŠKODA Superb Combi. Sporty appearance: New ŠKODA Superb SportLine. Over 1,780 km on a single tank: New ŠKODA Superb GreenLine. Racy look: New ŠKODA Rapid Monte Carlo. Bold: New ŠKODA Rapid Spaceback ScoutLine. Horsepower: ŠKODA Octavia RS 230 … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Germany
Tagged Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA), Prof. Dr. h.c. Winfried Vahland, ŠKODA, ŠKODA Superb Combi
ŠKODA takes first place in the J.D Power Dependability Study in Great Britain Top overall score for ŠKODA; every ŠKODA model better than the average score; ŠKODA Fabia in third place in the small car category Respondents to the survey … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Marketing, United Kingdom
Tagged J.D. Power’s 2015 Dependability Study, ŠKODA, ŠKODA Superb Combi
TURIN, 17-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — After the points conquered last week at Indianapolis (USA), the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team scores high again in Brno, in the Czech Republic, where the winner was Jorge Lorenzo, while his team-mate Valentino Rossi came … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Italy, Marketing, Sports
Tagged Abarth, Jorge Lorenzo, Movistar Yamaha MotoGP, Valentino Rossi
Mladá Boleslav, 13-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — ŠKODA health insurance ‘ZPŠ’ takes first place in poll by Czech HealthCare Institute for the quality of health insurance. National survey among 156 hospital managers in Czech Republic. ŠKODA gets top marks 2.1; all seven … Read the full press release
Mladá Boleslav, 13-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — ŠKODA is sending six classic cars on the scenic route through Saxony – from the 1926 ŠKODA 430 to the ŠKODA 110 R sports coupé. 13th Sachsen Classic from 13 to 15 August: 180 teams, 628 … Read the full press release
PRAGUE, 12-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The EnerCap Power Fund, managed by EnerCap Capital Partners has taken advantage of low interest rates and a forced loan portfolio sale by its existing lender to refinance its 18 MW Horní Lodĕnice Wind Farm … Read the full press release
MOL Group has successfully acquired 125 Agip service stations in Czech Republic and 41 service stations in Slovakia from ENI Retail network expansion confirms MOL Group’s leading role in CEE MOL Group’s retail network grows to more than 1900 service … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Czech Republic, Energy, Gas & Oil, Hungary, Management, Retail, Slovakia
Tagged Agip, Eni, Lars Höglund, MOL Group
Pilsen, 3-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — At a significant transportation fair UrTran in Asia, a new tramcar, in whose development and manufacturing the Pilsen Company Škoda Electric participated, has had its premiere recently. It is a modern 100% low-floor five-segment vehicle, … Read the full press release
Trophies made of Czech crystal for Tour winners. ŠKODA 12th time official partner of Tour de France. New ŠKODA Superb serves as ‘Red Car’. 250 ŠKODAs serve as shuttle vehicles. 16 million fans along the route, around 1.5 billion TV … Read the full press release
ŠKODA works driver remains unbeaten in the Czech Rally Championship Table leader Kopecký reduces large deficit after tyre damage and wins seven special stages in a row Michal Hrabánek: “Potential of the Fabia R5 proven” Hustopeče, 22-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Sports, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Czech Rally Championship (MČR), Jan Kopecký, Michal Hrabánek, ŠKODA
Two wins from two starts so far in the Czech Rally Championship Michal Hrabánek: “Our aim is to follow on from good results so far” New ŠKODA Fabia R5 proves to be both fast and reliable Mladá Boleslav, 19-6-2015 — … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Sports
Tagged Czech Rally Championship, Jan Kopecký, ŠKODA Fabia R5
First Czech trial of 400G-speed data transport – using existing network between Prague and Hradec Králové – to obtain an advanced technical solution for the delivery of high capacity services PARIS, 26-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: … Read the full press release
PKP CARGO obtained consent of the Czech anti-trust office for acquisition of 80% of shares of the Advanced World Transport. Thus, the last condition necessary to finalize the contract, under which the AWT – second largest rail freight carrier in … Read the full press release
The Swiss Ice Hockey Federation is to host the event in a joint venture with Infront – with Zurich and Lausanne as intended venues Prague, Czech Republic, 19-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Switzerland is to host the 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. … Read the full press release
PILSEN, 15-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A unique battery-powered tram is about to appear in the Pilsen streets. It will be supplied to the Turkish city of Konya soon. It is a modern, fully low-floor tram ForCity Classic with a battery-powered engine, which … Read the full press release
Four service providers (EurotaxGlass, CAP*, DAT and IBS Automotive) confirm the new ŠKODA Superb’s excellent residual value. Mladá Boleslav, 13-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Seven markets, four residual-value studies, one winner: Just two months before its market launch, the new ŠKODA Superb … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Management, Marketing, Technology
Tagged CAP, DAT, EurotaxGlass, excellent residual value, IBS Automotive, ŠKODA, ŠKODA Superb, Werner Eichhorn
The new ŠKODA Fabia R5. Show car ŠKODA Fabia R5 Combi. The ‘Trainee Car’ ŠKODA FUNstar. ŠKODA Fabia with Design package Red & Grey Plus. ŠKODA Octavia Combi RS 230; 247 km/h top speed. Mladá Boleslav, 13-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The GTI … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Marketing, Sports
Tagged GTI Meeting at Wörthersee, Prof. Dr. h.c. Winfried Vahland, ŠKODA racers
› 23 ŠKODA trainees build sassy pickup based on the ŠKODA Fabia › Vehicle project in close cooperation with the ŠKODA Design department and ŠKODA Production › Premiere at the 34th GTI Meeting at Wörthersee in mid-May Mladá Boleslav, 4-5-2015 … Read the full press release
PRAGUE, 30-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Komerční banka is the first bank in the Czech Republic to offer its clients SEPA Direct Debit to the full extent from 27 April 2015. Komerční banka is the first bank in the Czech Republic to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Czech Republic, Financial, Management
Tagged bank in Czech Republic, Jana Švábenská, Komerční banka, SEPA Direct Debit
The growth of the LEGO Group in recent years and its strategy to locate production close to its core markets have led to a further expansion of the Kladno factory in the Czech Republic, which employs 2000 people at present. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Czech Republic, Industrial, Management
Tagged Bali Padda, Kladno factory in the Czech Republic, LEGO Group, Pavel Diviš, production facility
International Automobile Federation FIA homologates ŠKODA’s new rally car Welsch: “Now we can prove just how good our new rally car is” Successful Fabia production model forms basis for new rally car Mladá Boleslav, 9-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Milestone for ŠKODA: … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Management
Tagged 2015-now, Baumschlager, Fabia Motorsport, Fabia R5, FIA, Hrabánek, International Automobile Federation, Kopecký, Lappi, Loix, Michal Hrabánek, ŠKODA, ŠKODA Fabia R 5, Welsch
At the end of the Thursday session at GPW, increase by 1.34% brought the PKP CARGO share price up to PLN 88.50. The capitalisation of the company reached the level of nearly PLN 4 billion. The Thursday increases are the … Read the full press release
VIENNA, 12-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Vienna Insurance Group’s Czech businesses have further enhanced their position in the company’s largest CEE market. The Group extended its considerable market share by 0.6 percentage points to 33.7 percent, significantly widening the gap … Read the full press release
PRAGUE, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Komerční banka has cut the rates for all of its mortgage loans. Depending on the type of loan and the duration of the fixed-rate period, interest rates have been cut by 0.1 to 0.5 pp. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Czech Republic, Financial, Real Estate
Tagged Komerční banka, mortgage loans, Patrice Begue, “Flexibilní hypotéka”
› ŠKODA manufactures eight engines and three types of gearbox for ŠKODA cars and other brands in the Volkswagen Group › Modern ŠKODA component manufacturing in Mladá Boleslav and Vrchlabí › 115 years of ŠKODA expertise in development and manufacturing … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Czech Republic, Management, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 2014Frank Engel, engine, engine centre, engines, gearboxes, Kvasiny, Mladá Boleslav, production, ŠKODA, Vrchlabí
Prague, 1-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — KB Penzijní společnost was named “The Best Pension Fund Czech Republic 2014” for the fourth time in a row in the prestigious Awards of the UK-based Global Banking and Finance Review portal. In these ratings, KB … Read the full press release
On Tuesday, November 25, the awards ceremony for the Czech National Award for Quality took place in the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle. PRAGUE, 28-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — This year, the highest award in the EXCELLENCE category was won by … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Czech Republic, Management, Netherlands, Retail
Tagged Albert food retail chain, Czech National Award for Quality, Jesper Lauridsen
PILSEN, 19-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The consortium of companies Škoda Electric and Solaris will deliver 24 new trolleybuses to the Hungarian capital. The Pilsen Škoda company will ensure the delivery of the complete electric equipment and also the final assembly … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Czech Republic, Hungary, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Karel Majer, Lubomíra Černá, Škoda Electric, Solaris, trolleybuses, Zdeněk Majer
An all-rounder with plenty of space, high functionality and a dynamic design State-of-the-art 4×4 technology based on the Haldex 5 clutch Four engines: 1.6 TDI/77 kW, 2.0 TDI/110 kW, 2.0 TDI/135 kW and 1.8 TSI/132 kW ŠKODA Octavia is a … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Marketing, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 2014, 2014-now, 4×4, CO2, Ecology, Eichhorn, engine, Green tec, hatchback, Octavia, sales, Simply Clever, ŠKODA, ŠKODA Octavia 4×4 hatchback, TDI, TSI, VIP
MSV 2014: gold medal for Freeformer New system for additive manufacturing presented in the Czech Republic for the first time Minister for Trade and Industry presents award Lossburg, 20-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — At the 56th International Engineering Fair in Brno, the … Read the full press release
ŠKODA clinches the manufacturers’ and drivers’ championships early Third consecutive APRC title Czech factory driver Kopecký claims his second continental title after winning the European Rally Championship in 2013 Fifth win for ŠKODA in round five of the season Fabia … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Awards, Czech Republic, Sports
Tagged APRC, Chris Atkinson, Czech car maker, FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship, ŠKODA
Important visitors from China: Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, Transport Minister Yang Chuantang and a 65-strong Chinese delegation are hosted by ŠKODA President of the Czech Parliament, Jan Hamáček, accompanies the Chinese guests Programme: talks with the ŠKODA Board of Management and … Read the full press release
Together with its partner, Akkök of Turkey, the CEZ Group has accepted from their contractor a newly built combined heat and power (CHP) plant of Egemer in southeast Turkey and started its live operation. Being a highly efficient source of heat and … Read the full press release
Posted in Czech Republic, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Turkey
Tagged Akkök, ČEZ, combined heat and power plant in Turkey, Egemer, Tomáš Pleskač
Prague, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Komerční banka reported today consolidated net profit attributable to shareholders of CZK 6.4 billion for the first six months of 2014, up 1.2% year on year. The number of the Bank’s clients rose by 22,000 to 1,609,000, while … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Czech Republic, Financial, Management
Tagged Albert Le Dirac’h, Komerční banka
Record half year: 522,500 deliveries; up 12.5% Sales up 20.3% to six billion euros by the end of June Operating profit increases 74.9% to 425 million euros The most comprehensive model campaign in ŠKODA’s history continues Mladá Boleslav, 4-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Czech Republic, Financial, Management
Tagged Prof. Dr. h.c. Winfried Vahland, ŠKODA
Mladá Boleslav, 4-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Stefan Büscher (46) is to take over as the new head of Marketing at ŠKODA AUTO on 1 October, 2014. He succeeds Thomas Owsianski (47), who is Executive Director for ŠKODA’s Marketing and Sales at … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Czech Republic, Management
Tagged ŠKODA AUTO, Stefan Büscher
Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic, 16-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — First half of 2014: 522,500 deliveries; up 12.5 %. Best June in ŠKODA’s history: 94,500 deliveries; up 8.1 %. ŠKODA Octavia sales increase 47.4 % in Western Europe in the first half. ŠKODA model … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Management, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged ŠKODA, Werner Eichhorn
Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic, 16-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ŠKODA Rapid Spaceback: Innovative compact car wins the Red Dot Award for high quality product design. ŠKODA Octavia RS awarded ‘Honourable Mention’. ŠKODA extremely pleased to have won seventh Red Dot Award. The ŠKODA Rapid Spaceback has been … Read the full press release
Munich/Vienna/Prague/London, 4-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and UniCredit Bank Austria AG have jointly underwritten a € 215 million senior facility to refinance Point Park Properties´ (P3’s) existing logistics portfolio in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. The transaction closed … Read the full press release
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