He’s just over twenty years old, and his dream is to become a product designer. Martin is preparing for his future career at university in Pilsen, and this year he will take his BA exams. School gives him the necessary foundations, but it cannot give him everything. They say the best thing you can invest in is young people. I agree with that, and that’s also why I founded the PročByNe? (“WhyNot?”) project nine years ago. Intended for students, it encourages their motivation to achieve something special and pursue their career dreams.
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When we last spoke in early 2020, Brexit seemed to be the biggest concern for the European economy. Then covid appeared, and Brexit seems to have been somewhat put aside. We have spoken to James Smith after nearly four years to discuss the outlook for the UK economy and what it all means for Czech businesses.
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Executive board member at the German-Czech Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DTIHK) and delegate of the Free State of Bavaria in the Czech Republic in one person - that is Bernard Bauer. In this interview for TRADE NEWS, he talks about the successful cooperation between the Czech Republic and Bavaria, and at the same time explains how it can be expanded and taken to a higher level.
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The Náchod-based producer of electric motors overcame the great crisis of 1933, nationalization fifteen years later as well as a major shift in company management in 2002. ATAS is currently working to manage the crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. Germany has always been the company’s biggest trading partner, and this is where they still export the most. When talking to the chairman of the board of directors Otto Daněk, we soon find out where the success of ATAS comes from: they focus on custom solutions. That's why the company keeps winning in today’s increasingly competitive environment on a global scale.
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"Before the covid pandemic, we were a bit of an outlier in our approach. Back when everyone in global trade followed the just-in-time strategy, we were gradually reducing the number of subcontractors and transferred as many activities as possible to one location. Three years ago, our strategy proved to be correct. With the supply chain disruptions, there were deadline extensions and material shortages. It was the foresight of our colleagues, who bought enough materials in time and in large amounts, and our company’s organizational structure that enabled us to keep responding to customer requests in a flexible way," explains Karel Kubr, Director of LINTECH.
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Bettina Kirnbauer has been the ambassador of Austria to the Czech Republic for three years, but already previously she had worked at the embassy in Prague for another three years. She therefore knows our country very well and can express why mutual cooperation between Czechs and Austrians is so successful and diverse. In this interview for TRADE NEWS, she also emphasizes that there is great potential for further growth, whether due to geographical proximity, similar mentality or the complementary structure of our economies.
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