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Traction Battery Watchdog: Devinn (development company with 160 employees in Jablonec nad Nisou and Mladá Boleslav, Czechia; turnover over CZK 250 million/EUR 10 million) developed device for continuous monitoring of internal safety parameters of traction battery during storage and series production of electric vehicles (EVs), allowing continuous monitoring of values and alarm declaration (fire department, SMS, PCO) in case of exceeding limits. Compared to conventional thermal camera monitoring, Watchdog significantly increases time to react to safety risk. First customer is Škoda Auto with its plants in Mladá Boleslav and Kvasiny, Czechia
October 18, 2024 | 10:49am CETflashread more
Hydrogen Technology/Carbon Capture Expo Europe 2024: More than 800 exhibitors, including 3M, ABB, AGC Chemicals, AIP Automotive, Air Liquide, Air Products, Atlas Copco, BASF, Bibus, Bilfinger, Bosch, ContiTech, Cylinders Holding, Daido Steel, Donaldson, Dräger, DuPont, E.ON Energy Projects, ElringKlinger, Engie, Evonik, Freudenberg, GKN, Henkel, Hexagon Purus, Honeywell, Horiba, Ingersoll Rand, Kamax Automotive, Kawasaki Gas Turbine, Kyocera AVX Components, Linde Engineering, MAN Energy Solutions, Mann+Hummel, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsui, Nippon, Parker Hannifin, Rheinmetall, Röchling, Schaeffler, Schneider Electric, Senior Flexonics, SIAD, Siemens, Sumitomo, SVÚM, ThyssenKrupp Automation Engineering, Toyota Motor Europe, Toyota Tsusho, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, TÜV Nord, TÜV Süd and Voestalpine, to join exhibition on technologies for hydrogen, fuel cell and CCUS/CCS (carbon/CO2 capture, utilisation & storage) industry in Hamburg, Germany (October 23-24)
October 18, 2024 | 10:38am CETflashread more
Battery Value Chain as Opportunity: Czech Battery Cluster (ČBK), Central Bohemian Innovation Center (SIC), CzechInvest to hold in Prague on October 21 seminar on comprehensive view of battery ecosystem in Czechia. Event connects Czech universities, state administration, private sector with aim of strengthening cooperation in field of production, recycling, use of batteries. Representatives of Zebra Group, REMA Battery, Kovohutě Příbram, H Test (Htest), EcoTech Hub, Czech E-mobility Platform, VŠCHT, UCEEB ČVUT to speak at seminar
October 17, 2024 | 08:50am CETflashread more
Sales (deliveries to customers) of Volkswagen Group down by 7.1% in Q3, by 2.8% to 6.52 million in Q1-3 (VW -6.6%, -2.5%; Škoda +6%, +4.5%; SEAT+Cupra -4.4%, +7.7%; VW Commercial Vehicles -11.8%, +3.6%; Audi -16%, -10.9%; Bentley -35.6%, -26.6%; Lamborghini +18.7%, +8.6%; Porsche -7%, -6.9%; MAN -29.4%, -18%; VW Truck & Bus +28.4%, +20.5%; Scania +1.6%, +9.3%; International Motors/Navistar +40.5%, -2.1%). Competitive situation in China is particularly intense (Q1-3: -232,500), which is main reason for global decline in our deliveries (-191,100), Schubert said. Sales excluding China up by 0.9% (+41,400) to 4.47 million units
October 17, 2024 | 08:42am CETflashread more
National Development Bank (NRB) stopped accepting applications for Electromobility Guarantee program (guarantee for loan and subsidy for battery or fuel cell electric vehicle and charging stations for companies and entrepreneurs) on October 14 at 2:30pm, as allocated resources (CZK 1.95 billion/EUR 79 million for BEVs/FCEVs, chargers) were used up in almost seven months (30 weeks, March 18 – October 14). Support for electromobility continues in coal regions of Czechia (Moravian-Silesian Region, Ústí Region, Karlovy Vary Region), where NRB provides interest-free loans to small and medium-sized entrepreneurs as part of Transformation programme (CZK 500,000 to 100 million/EUR 20,000 to 4 million, maturity up to 10 years) for purchase of electric vehicles intended for delivery, service and other similar purposes
October 17, 2024 | 08:31am CETflashread more
National Development Bank (NRB) accepted applications for 5,631 electric vehicles, 2,427 charging stations in Czechia during more than six and half months (29 weeks, March 18 – October 7) since launch of Electromobility Guarantee program (guarantee for loan and subsidy for battery or fuel cell electric vehicle and charging stations for companies and entrepreneurs). Of total volume of allocated resources (CZK 1.95 billion/EUR 79 million for BEVs/FCEVs, chargers), 90% (CZK 1.75 billion/EUR 70 million) currently reserved, NRB paid out CZK 298 million (EUR 11.8 million) so far
October 16, 2024 | 10:31am CETflashread more
Škoda Auto ended production of batteries for plug-in hybrids of Volkswagen Group (536,433 batteries for Škoda Octavia, Superb, VW Arteon, Passat, Golf, Tiguan, Multivan, Audi A3, Q3, Q4, SEAT/Cupra Leon, Formentor, Tarraco in 2019-2024; daily production capacity of 850-900 units) in Mladá Boleslav, Czechia in April, production of second generation of batteries with higher capacity and range of over 100 km (for PHEVs including Škoda Superb iV, Kodiaq iV) taken over by Volkswagen plant in Braunschweig, Germany. In released hall, Škoda Auto to install 3rd line for high-voltage traction batteries for battery electric vehicles (MEB+, assembly from cells using Cell-to-Pack technology), complementing adjacent 2 lines (GS3.1+GS3.2, MEB, assembly from LG and CATL modules, daily capacity 1520/1020+500 units for BEVs including Škoda Enyaq, Enyaq Coupé, VW ID.4, ID.5, Audi Q4 e-Tron, Ford Explorer)
October 15, 2024 | 03:21pm CETflashread more
National Development Bank (NRB) accepted applications for 5,468 electric vehicles in Czechia during six and half months (29 weeks, March 18 – October 3) since launch of Electromobility Guarantee program (guarantee for loan and subsidy for battery or fuel cell electric vehicle and charging stations for companies and entrepreneurs). Greatest interest is in Tesla cars (2,449 vehicles), followed by Volvo (503), Volkswagen (472), Škoda (444), BMW (273), MG (255), Hyundai (142), Mercedes (140), Kia (100), SsangYong (91), Toyota (87), Renault (76), Ford (62), BYD (55), Dacia (52), Peugeot (43), Citroën (40), Fiat (40), Mini (35) and others (168)
October 15, 2024 | 03:04pm CETflashread more
ESG: Tesa (Beiersdorf Group; manufacturer of adhesive tapes, other products for automotive industry, other industries with 5,200 employees in Germany, Italy, China, USA, Vietnam; more than 130 tapes for electric cars; sales of EUR 1.7 billion in 2023) started preparing with Hamburger Energienetze (formerly Gasnetz Hamburg) connection of plant in Hamburg-Hausbruch, Germany (500 employees) to hydrogen network HH-WIN (Hamburger Wassertsund-Industrie-Netz/Hamburg Hydrogen Industrial Network) with aim of manufacturing first adhesive tapes using green hydrogen in 2027, save around 6,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions caused by production each year, completely replace natural gas by 2030. Company to invest approximately EUR 300 million in decarbonization in coming years to achieve climate-neutral production by 2030 (2023: -38% compared to 2018), reduce indirect supply chain emissions by at least 20% (2023: -15%). Since 2020, Tesa has been purchasing 100% of electricity from renewable sources and is increasingly relying on its own production by building photovoltaic (PV) power plants, latest solar park in Offenburg, Germany to cover around 25% of site's electricity requirements from 2025
October 14, 2024 | 02:56pm CETflashread more
GlobalData cut 2024 Western European new car sales outlook by 40,000 units from 11.51 million (-0.4%) to 11.47 million (-0.8%)
October 14, 2024 | 02:52pm CETflashread more
Aures Holdings (AAA Auto, Mototechna, Auto Diskont, Driverama) sold 9,266 used vehicles in September, 29,271 units in Q3 (+11%), record 83,219 cars and vans in Q1-3 (+11%; HEVs +73%, 602 BEVs +166%). Group currently sells over 320 vehicles per day, expecting to sell up to 110,000 cars in 2024 (+12%) based on current trend
October 14, 2024 | 02:47pm CETflashread more
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Panattoni to build joint production plant for Groupe Plastivaloire, Filtration Group in Czechia
October 17, 2019 | 01:17pm CET, updatedpublicLocation, hall size, products, HR, consulting companies involved...
read moreZF to buy Wabco
July 8, 2019 | 12:28am CETpublicPrice, financial and legal advisors, closing the transaction...
read moreBrisk developed sensors for new Scania engine, launching series production in H2 2019
May 23, 2019 | 11:27pm CEToriginalDetails of the contract, a new hall in Tábor, business and financial results in 2017-2019, investments, other clients and orders, expansion of the portfolio in the Russian factory…
read moreMitsubishi Electric launched construction of integrated starter-generator (ISG) plant for mild hybrids in Czechia
May 20, 2019 | 09:47pm CETpublicLocation, hall size, investment amount, start of production, HR, environmental protection measures...
read moreDXC Technology won orders from Škoda Auto, BMW
March 27, 2019 | 11:35pm CEToriginalExpansion of cooperation with Volkswagen Group, other automotive projects, participation in the Startup Autobahn innovation platform, digital transformation, cyber security, Industry 4.0 in the Box solution, upcoming DXC Digital Experience Lab in Slovakia…
read moreHenniges Automotive wants to expand plant in Czechia
November 21, 2018 | 11:44pm CEToriginalLocation, new halls and production lines, HR, timing, amount of investment, products and clients, R&D center enlargement, suppliers…
read moreInsurance companies in Czechia raised prices of damage liability in 2018
November 19, 2018 | 11:21pm CEToriginalThe increase of insurance premiums by units to tens of percent according to risk, reasons, situation in commercial vehicles and fleet clients, statements of individual companies...
read moreBroadcom demands Volkswagen to pay USD 1 billion in patent dispute
November 15, 2018 | 09:30pm CEToriginalAt the same time, the company is threatening to demand a court suspension of the production of several VW, Audi and Porsche models. An earlier lawsuit against Toyota and Panasonic...
read moreConstellium opened second plant in Czechia
October 14, 2018 | 08:48pm CEToriginalLocation, the amount of investment, expansion of the first factory, timing, HR, target capacity, a shift from semi-finished to machined parts…
read moreBöhm Plast-Technik changed ownership structure
September 11, 2018 | 07:06pm CEToriginalThe original and new shareholder structure, reasons, transaction advisor, products and clients, revenues in 2017, HR...
read moreBosch cut down number of process errors in DNOx production by half in České Budějovice, Czechia
September 6, 2018 | 06:15pm CEToriginalThe elimination of defective work is helped by the data analysis and the neural network in the plant. Current monthly production, clients, financial results in 2017…
read moreGumotex won big contract from Volkswagen Group
August 28, 2018 | 08:39pm CEToriginalProducts, volume, models, timing, investments in automation and robotics, integration of the company UP Závody, a new director of the Automotive Division...
read moreNippon Kayaku restored production in Czech plant Jablůnka in facility previously hit by explosion
August 23, 2018 | 05:25pm CEToriginalProducts affected, clients, current production capacity, full scale capacity plan, cause of explosion, renaming of Indet Safety Systems, new president, HR...
read moreChina to reduce duty on imports of cars, auto parts
May 28, 2018 | 11:53pm CEToriginalOriginal and new tariffs, timing, negligible impact of the measure, the current import volume...
read moreUnion of Czech plant of Automotive Lighting announced strike alert
May 9, 2018 | 11:02pm CEToriginalNegotiations on a new collective agreement, trade union requirements, mediator's request, average wage, alleged breaching of the current collective agreement...
read moreBosch extended pre-retirement program in one plant in Czechia
May 6, 2018 | 10:09pm CEToriginalTiming, employee interest, social program costs, new collective agreement, wage increase, changes in employment contracts, employee loans...
read moreDura Automotive acquired new orders, plans to invest tens of millions of dollars in Czechia
April 19, 2018 | 11:21pm CEToriginalNew projects for European automakers, business and financial results of Czech factories, HR, wage increase, products and clients, investment incentive from CzechInvest...
read moreMagna to invest EUR 40 million in Czechia
April 19, 2018 | 12:36am CEToriginalLocation, construction of halls, timing, products, HR, R&D investments, clients, production plan, no use of recruitment agencies...
read moreHrkal: Mitsubishi plans to build tire factory, considering Czechia
March 26, 2018 | 12:45am CEToriginalOne of the considered locations, the area requested, the activity of CzechInvest...
read moreCzech plant of Federal-Mogul hit by fire
March 6, 2018 | 12:21am CEToriginalNobody was injured. Location, section, probable causes, estimated damage...
read moreBorgers to make changes in logistics in Czechia
February 22, 2018 | 01:09am CEToriginalThe company will build a logistics hall within one of its plants to replace the rented warehouse. Location, the amount of investment, a new line for non-woven fabrics, production automation (Masterplan 2020)...
read moreDocter Optics expands production in Czechia
February 13, 2018 | 11:30pm CEToriginalThe company has built a new hall where new lines are being installed now. The amount of investment, size of the premises, HR, positions, offered wages and benefits...
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