Business Creation and Networking Office of Commercial Affairs (Prague) 16/06/2017 ________________________________________________________________ 1. Information of Visitors Name Ms. MAGDA Last name KOŘENOVSKÁ Position EXTERNAL RELATIONS MANAGER Company Name SKODA AUTO, a.s. Address Vaclava Klementa 869 City MLADA BOLESLAV Country CZECH REPUBLIC Postcode 293 60 Telephone +420 326 816 998 Email
[email protected] Website www.skoda-auto.com 2. Company Profile 2.1. Year of Establishment 1905 Registered Capital CZK 16 bil. Number of Employees 28.000 2.2. History of Company SKODA is a traditional Czech company with more than 100 years tradition in car production. Production of automobiles became in the year 1905. After the political changes of 1989, under the new market economy conditions the Government of the Czechoslovak Republic and the management of Škoda began to search for a strong foreign partner whose experience and investments would be capable of securing long-range international competitiveness of the company. In December 1990, the Government decided on cooperation with the German Volkswagen Group. The Škoda – Volkswagen joint venture began to operate on 16 April 1991 under the name Škoda, automobilová a.s., becoming the fourth brand of the Volkswagen Group alongside VW, AUDI a SEAT. SKODA AUTO is a joint stock company and 100 % shares belong to VW Group. The headquarters of ŠKODA AUTO are located in MLADA BOLESLAV. Apart from the Czech Republic, ŠKODA AUTO runs production plants in China, Russia, India, Slovakia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Office of Commercial Affairs, Royal Thai Embassy (Thai Trade Centre) Holečkova 657/29, 150 00 Prague, Czech Republic +420 257 323 030 –
[email protected] In the year 2016 car production of SKODA AUTO reached 765 thous.