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Defend Insurance Group established cooperation with Trost in Czech Rep

September 15, 2013 | 11:26pm CEToriginal
The cooperation covers warranty repairs and guarantees sales. Trost’s four concepts became part of the network of recommended car service shops, which includes a number of authorized dealers...
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Cebia and Skoda Auto expanded cooperation in Skoda Plus program in Czech Rep

September 11, 2013 | 11:29pm CEToriginal
Skoda started displaying Cebia Reports at the website Skodaplus.cz. Growth in the number of participating dealers, on-line verification of execution or insolvency of the client when repurchasing...
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Michal Slajs left SkoFIN after three years

September 9, 2013 | 11:57pm CEToriginal
He worked in the Volkswagen Group for nine years. The management of the fleet department was given to...
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Carmakers and suppliers in Czech Rep released over 2,000 employees over last year

September 9, 2013 | 11:52pm CEToriginal
However, this does not apply to R&D, where over 200 specialists were newly employed. The average wage in the automotive industry increased by 2.6%, by 1.3% for workers...
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Fiat to reduce production in Poland in 2013 by 17%

September 9, 2013 | 11:42pm CEToriginal
This is a smaller decline than the carmaker originally anticipated. The Tychy plant produces the Fiat, Lancia, Abarth and Ford models. Results for the first eight months, HR...
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Qoros started sales in Europe, AutoBinck became first distributor

September 8, 2013 | 11:57pm CEToriginal
Pilot country, first dealership, first model and prices, website, expansion in Central and Western Europe, upcoming models, plant in China, parts suppliers...
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Viza Automocion plans to expand its plant in Czech Rep

September 8, 2013 | 11:53pm CEToriginal
Location, increase in capacity, products, existing customers, new clients – German carmakers, HR, recruitment abroad, laser welding...
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Skoda offered Hyundai dealers cooperation in Czech Rep

September 8, 2013 | 11:47pm CEToriginal
It concerns the promotion and sales of Skoda cars. Details of the offer, a comment by advertising agency Wunderman...
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Car production in Czech Rep fell by 19% y/y in July, by 14% in first seven months

September 8, 2013 | 11:27pm CEToriginal
Skoda Auto saw a drop of 18%, Hyundai Motor of 3% and TPCA of 14%. Production of trucks, buses and motorcycles also fell, Tatra rose...
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Karsit to invest EUR 60 million and take 250 people in Czech Rep

September 6, 2013 | 03:00am CEToriginal
Location, timing, investments in technologies and halls, new orders, clients, closure of one Czech plant...
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Hyundai Motor signed preliminary wage agreement with South Korean unions

September 5, 2013 | 11:44pm CEToriginal
The term of the potential final approval of the agreement, the current number of non-produced cars...
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Fiat to invest EUR 1 billion in Turin and start production of Maserati SUV there

September 5, 2013 | 11:34pm CEToriginal
The carmaker also intends to produce another model in this Italian factory. The agreement with the unions, temporary layoffs...
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Constellium left joint venture in Czech Rep

September 3, 2013 | 11:22pm CEToriginal
The company sold its 50 % stake in Alcan Strojmetal Aluminium Forging. The new owner, the transaction value, the cooperation of Strojmetal with a Czech plant in Decin...
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Mario Moser went within BMW Group from Czech Rep to Romania

September 3, 2013 | 11:05pm CEToriginal
The new Aftersales and Dealer Development Manager of BMW and Mini in the Czech representation of the carmaker is...
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Ford began offering branded operating lease in Czech Rep

September 2, 2013 | 11:45pm CEToriginal
Financial partner, variants of Ford Lease, target group, dealers’ availability, business plan, fleet market in the Czech Republic according to Fleet Partners , the new Ford Connect...
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Fabiobrani 2013: Skoda prepared two special models for Fabia in Czech Rep

September 2, 2013 | 11:26pm CEToriginal
Equipment levels and prices of the Fabia GLX and the Fabia SLX, air conditioning and extended warranty included in the price, a discount for funding from SkoFIN, a campaign from agency Intuo…
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Secar Bohemia agreed with Davo Car on sale of Sherlog car security

September 2, 2013 | 11:16pm CEToriginal
This is Secar’s second collaboration with used car dealer after Auto Esa. Two variants of car monitoring and searching, the growing interest of thieves in used cars for spare parts...
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Czech Post will have 700 CNG vehicles in fleet by end of 2013, would like to have 3,000 prospectively

September 2, 2013 | 11:06pm CEToriginal
Savings in H1, expanding the network of filling stations and CNG consumption growth in the Czech Republic, the success of Peugeot diesel vehicles in a tender for the supply of CNG vans thanks to TCO...
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Ford to stop production in Romania for one week

September 2, 2013 | 10:46pm CEToriginal
This happens after the carmaker had decreased production of the B-Max in the Craiova a year ago and later increased it. Timing, HR, production volume of the plant in 2013...
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Skoda Auto to use extended shifts in production of Fabia

September 2, 2013 | 02:55am CEToriginal
Reason for the measure, timing, preparation and launch of the Fabia III production, spare capacity in Mlada Boleslav in the case of great interest in the Rapid Spaceback...
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Autobond became Nissan dealer, to open two showrooms in Czech Rep

September 2, 2013 | 02:45am CEToriginal
It is the seventh brand in the portfolio of the company. Locations of new showrooms, website, dealer situation in the affected regions...
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Sikora (CAP): Damage liability in Czech Rep to be more expensive by about 15 % in 2014

September 2, 2013 | 02:35am CEToriginal
Three reasons for price rising, the new amount of the hourly rate of fire fighters, innovative premium prescriptions at Generali...
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Carlos Tavares resigned as COO of Renault after two years

September 1, 2013 | 10:56pm CEToriginal
The official and the alleged reasons, his temporary successor...
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Employees at Hyundai plants in Korea continue strikes

September 1, 2013 | 10:46pm CEToriginal
Dates of further interruptions of production, the number of striking workers, the number and value of non-produced cars...
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Nissan wants to start producing cars without driver in seven years’ time

August 30, 2013 | 12:28am CEToriginal
In the next 10 years, the carmaker plans to offer these automated cars across the model range. Development partners, the construction of a test track, car prices...
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