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Hydrogen Days 2025: Czech Hydrogen Technology Platform (HYTEP) to hold 15th conference on hydrogen technologies, challenges of hydrogen economy in Czechia and EU with workshops, exhibition, matchmaking meetings in Prague, Czechia on March 19-21. Program of conference with subtitle 'Hydrogen – from Politics to Business' to be divided into three thematic areas – development and deployment of hydrogen in energy (hydrogen production, hydrogen storage, energy storage, infrastructure, cogeneration systems, fuel cells, reversible fuel cells), development and deployment of hydrogen in transportation (fuel cells as energy source for mobile applications, powertrains based on hydrogen combustion, combined systems, use of hydrogen drives in forklifts, cars, trucks, buses, ships and trains, hydrogen infrastructure), cross cutting and overarching issues (education & information, legislation & safety, reliability, certification, grid integration, market introduction, business cases, hydrogen valleys, cooperation possibilities, European policies and national strategies, decarbonization potential, green hydrogen policy). Representatives of BMW, Toyota Material Handling, Robert Bosch, Devinn, Cylinders Holding, Quest One, Wevo Chemie, Orlen Unipetrol, E.ON Energy Solutions, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power/KHNP, Gasunie, EWE, Net4gas/ČEPS, Gas Storage CZ/ČEPS, GasNet, Bloomberg NEF, ILF Consulting Engineers, Dräger Safety, Leef Technologies, CAC Engineering, Valcon, Fraunhofer, HYTEP, MPO, MZV, EIB, Hydrogen Europe Research, Clean Hydrogen Partnership, Hydrogen Coucil, ÚJV Řež, CDV to speak at event

March 11, 2025 | 11:53am CETflash
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Kia provides 7-year/150,000 km warranty for all its models sold in Europe from January

January 7, 2010 | 01:14am CEToriginal
The carmaker has thus extended guarantee not only for its models produced in new plants in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The warranty is transferable and covers an assistant service for three years…
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TUV Report 2010: Scrap bonus not resulted in increased security, people saving more for service

January 6, 2010 | 10:26pm CEToriginal
A negative trend of increasing quota of defects found during technical inspections continues, the quota rose by 1 percentage point. Individual models...
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TPCA President Yasuhiro Takahashi and Toyota's JV project manager Satoshi Tachihara exchanged positions

January 4, 2010 | 09:12pm CEToriginal
Takahashi has worked in TPCA for 3.5 years. Tachihara had already the Czech plant in charge within his former activities...
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Management of Hyundai’s Czech plant agreed with trade unions, state of strike emergency terminated

December 15, 2009 | 11:27pm CEToriginal
Both parties will be solving other matters within collective negotiations. Moreover, employees should take part in a working Saturday on December 19 so that the company meets its production plan…
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TPCA opened preventive health center for employees in Kolin

December 15, 2009 | 05:44pm CEToriginal
The centre is supposed to help people who return to work after injuries and surgeries not related to work. Carmaker Skoda Auto…
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Threat of strike in Hyundai’s Czech plant grows, trade unions want to solve situation at global level

December 14, 2009 | 11:51pm CEToriginal
The trade unions want to appeal to the KOVO global trade union association, the OECD and both carmaker Hyundai and its trade unions in Korea…
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Management of Hyundai’s Czech plant cancelled all overtime in December

December 11, 2009 | 02:24pm CEToriginal
Nevertheless, the company wants to agree with trade unions on this year’s one Saturday shift on December 19 so that there would be two shifts and employees would receive a bonus for them…
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Trade unions of Hyundai’s plant in Nosovice declared strike emergency

December 7, 2009 | 09:09pm CEToriginal
The unions demand reducing overtime work to a minimum and an extra bonus of CZK 5,000 in addition. The trade union is registering increased interest in memberships…
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Interest in certain technical fields in secondary schools increasing

December 7, 2009 | 07:19pm CEToriginal
This year there were 3,341 students enrolled in study in machinery industry and 4,354 students in the study of mechanic/repairer of motor vehicles. Considering the studies of cartronic, electrotechnician and electrician...
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Part of employees in Czech plant of Hyundai were on strike because of overtime

December 4, 2009 | 04:41am CEToriginal
Employees in production currently work 16 hours per month overtime. The carmaker wants to negotiate with the employees though. Changes in the organization of production may occur…
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Automotive Industry Association to be led again by Martin Jahn for next two years

December 3, 2009 | 07:29pm CEToriginal
Jiri Cerny (TPCA), Pavel Juricek (Brano Group) and Oldrich Svoboda (Hella Autotechnik) have been affirmed as SAP vice-presidents. Other members of the board…
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Hyundai to sign up 500 people only in Nosovice by summer 2010, by one third less than wanted

November 30, 2009 | 09:53pm CEToriginal
The company is now cautious with recruitment and estimations of production for this year. Moreover, the plant is facing a lack of qualified workers…
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Toyota Aygo from Kolin now on Czech market under CZK 200,000

November 30, 2009 | 05:44pm CEToriginal
The carmaker has decreased the price of a basic equipment version by CZK 30,000. To a five-door version it is newly possible to purchase manual air-conditioning for...
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Benteler to purchase automotive division from Norwegian group Hydro

November 24, 2009 | 11:46pm CEToriginal
Hydro Automotive Structures will join Benteler Automobiltechnik division. The transaction includes Hydro’s activities in the Czech Republic as well…
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Skoda Auto suspended some new projects, some of them to fall behind

November 22, 2009 | 06:43pm CEToriginal
The priority is to produce cheap and low-cost models now. A cheap middle class sedan will arrive after a mini car from Bratislava whereas the Octavia third generation and MPV will fall behind…
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IIR holds conference HR Managers’ Meeting 2009

November 22, 2009 | 01:25pm CEToriginal
The 12th year of the event has also a separate block of financial sector and production sphere. Representatives of insurance and automotive companies will also be speaking there...
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Slovakia to provide further support for investment of carmaker Kia Motors

November 10, 2009 | 04:03pm CEToriginal
The support refers to automotive supplier Hyundai Mobis as well. The town of Zilina, where the plant is located, will use the financial resources for…
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PSA to increase production in Slovakia by more than 7% this year and thus to exceed original plan

November 9, 2009 | 06:15pm CEToriginal
In November an exchange in the position of manager of plant in Trnava will occur. Jean Mouro will leave to a different position in the group and will be replaced by…
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Hyundai to sign up 700 people for a second shift in Nosovice

November 5, 2009 | 07:58pm CEToriginal
The plant initiated production of model Kia Venga this week. The small MPV with start-stop system and a seven-year warranty will start being sold in the Czech Republic in…
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EXPECTED DEVELOPMENT IN AUTOMOTIVE: Jahn: Car production in Czech Rep to stagnate in 2009, maybe to grow slightly

November 2, 2009 | 08:14pm CEToriginal
The reason of lowering the outlook will mainly be lower production of carmaker Hyundai in Nosovice. In separate automotive segments…
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Scholz: Skoda to introduce new products exclusively in large-volume segments A and MPV

October 28, 2009 | 10:28pm CEToriginal
Mini car VW/Skoda/Seat Up! is going to have a basic price below EUR 9,000. Octavia Tour will be replaced a car with a similar size, MPV bigger than Roomster...
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Production of cars and LCVs in Czech Rep dropped by 4.5% in Q1-3

October 22, 2009 | 09:19pm CEToriginal
Skoda Auto decreased production by 22.3%, Tatra by 63.2%, Avia by 53.6%. Production of TPCA stagnated. Hyundai produced…
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FRANKFURT: Newcomers from Volkswagen for 2010, 2011 and onwards

October 20, 2009 | 11:21pm CEToriginal
Touran facelift, all-new Sharan/Alhambra, all-new Touareg, all-new Passat but electric cars and hybrids as well…
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Czech plant of automotive supplier Edscha for sale

October 16, 2009 | 03:44am CEToriginal
Edscha Bohemia has probably been insolvent since May as well as its controlling company Edscha AG. The Czech enterprise is still in operation though and not willing to dismiss…
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FRANKFURT: Jahn: Car production could grow to limit of 1 million in Czech Rep due to scrap bonus

October 14, 2009 | 03:17pm CEToriginal
Revenues of the local carmakers should fall this year though. Jahn expects a stronger revival as late as in the year…
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