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 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 . 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, 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 , Russia, India, Slovakia, Ukraine and .

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In the year 2016 car production of SKODA AUTO reached 765 thous. cars (growth of 12,5 %), number of employees in Czech reached more than 28 000 and turnover 348 bil. CZK. SKODA AUTO is the biggest exporter in the Czech Republic, its share on total Czech export makes 8 %. From the total volume of production of SKODA, 11,5 % of cars went to domestic market, rest for export.

Model range currently produced by SKODA AUTO include: SKODA CITIGO, SKODA FABIA, SKODA RAPID, SKODA OCTAVIA, SKODA SUPERB (limousine), SKODA YETI (SUV) – currently being replaced by SKODA KAROQ and SKODA KODIAQ (SUV).

In the Czech Republic, there are 3 passenger cars manufacturers, apart from SKODA AUTO it is HYUNDAI and TPCA (Toyota+Peugeot+Citroen). From total number of cars produced in CZ in 2016, share of SKODA reached 60 % in 2016.

PRODUCTION OF PASSENGER CARS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Passenger cars + light utility vehicles N1 2016 2015 2016

ŠKODA (ŠKODA Auto a.s.) 765 171 679 907 12,54 %

TOYOTA, PEUGEOT, CITRÖEN (TPCA Czech s.r.o.) 220 611 219 054 0,71 %

HYUNDAI (HMMC-Hyundai Motor Manuf. Czech s.r.o.) 358 400 342 200 4,73 %

TOTAL 1 344 182 1 241 166 8,30 %

2.3. Type of Business

 MANUFACTURER  IMPORTER  DISTRIBUTOR  WHOLESALE

 DISCOUNT STORE  RETAILER  SPECIAL STORE  CHAIN STORE

 DEPARTMENT STORE  AGENT  MAIL ORDER  EXPORTER

2.4. Products of Services of the Company ▪ Manufacturer of passenger cars – SKODA make

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2.5. Products interested to import from Thailand ▪ Possibility for autoparts in case a factory or a warehouse is located in the Czech Republic (JIT Just in Time logistics method)

Other Information

SKODA AUTO strives to focus on 4,0 industry. In SKODA factory, in selected production halls (such as pressing), the level of robotization is 85 %. However, for example in final assembly of passenger cars, the level of automation is very low, 5 % only and lots of manpower have to be used. The Czech industry in general suffers from shortage of labour, SKODA AUTO has to import workers from Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania etc.

Conclusion on visiting / Co-operation in the future

Since 1991, SKODA AUTO is a joint venture with VOLKSWAGEN, VW Group owns 100 % of shares. SKODA AUTO is also the largest company in the Czech Republic in terms of turnover, number of employees and volume of export. Share of SKODA AUTO on Czech export is 8%.

For potential suppliers to SKODA AUTO it is essential to have factory located in the Czech Republic (or warehouse). SKODA AUTO is sourcing the parts for production mainly from suppliers located in the Czech Republic (usually factories of manufacturers from Germany, France, U.S.A., Japan etc.)

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