"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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Small-scale winegrowers and gardeners play an important role for our country, among other things as tradition and folk culture bearers. However, if they are to thrive, they require a specific approach. This is what Zbyněk Kopeček was aware of when he founded his company in 2005 in the region of Slovácko. Vinařský dům Kopeček was founded with the aim of giving maximum support to small farmers. Since the company only employs true experts and people who are 100% committed, they have grown continuously since day one thanks to a small but steady and affluent customer base. The National Development Bank (NRB) assists the company with current investment, among other things.
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If you ask Pavel Wiesner, the new CEO of Česká podnikatelská pojišťovna, about the company’s values, he will give a straightforward answer: fairness, honesty, teamwork, and innovation. He adds quickly, that his broad understanding of a 'team' comprises the broker, the insurance company, and the client. "This link is essential for us. We are successful precisely because it works, due to the fact that we have the trust of both brokers and our clients."
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"You will never cross the ocean if you are afraid of losing sight of the shore," Christopher Columbus said allegedly centuries ago, and we know what happened next. The world would not be moving forward without courageous people. Without enthusiasts who live their dreams and love what they do. Adam Janek, director of Eye Centre Prague (OCP), is one of these people. We talked with Mr. Janek in the newly built OCP clinic, a timeless industrial space of the Port7 building in Prague’s Holešovice district.
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We’ve had another opportunity to talk to one of the founders of Georgia Energy SICAV, an investment fund focused on building hydroelectric power plants in Georgia. Daniel Mahovský divides his time between the Czech Republic, where he is currently in charge of design work and technology supply tenders, and Georgia, where he is putting finishing touches on several hydropower projects and is also working on solar projects.
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