Articles for author: William Malcolm

Energie ČS To Merge With Amper Market

Energie ČS will merge with Amper Market. Both belong to Jiří Písařík’s Bohemia Energy group, which ceased operations in mid-October. The merger of the two companies is in line with the strategy of the Bohemia Energy group to gradually close down, said its spokeswoman Hana Novotná. All rights and obligations of Energie ČS towards customers and business partners ...

Promet Group Sees Profits Soar

Promet Group, co-owner of Tatra Trucks and one of the largest family companies in the Czech Republic, improved its gross operating profit (EBITDA) last year, despite the pandemic and lower sales. The most monitored indicator of company performance in the group increased by more than a fifth from 412 million to half a billion crowns. According ...

Investika Expands In Poland With 2 Acquisitions

The real estate fund of the Czech investment company Investika is strengthening its foreign portfolio. For about 400 million crowns, it bought two branded service centers for MAN and Neoplan trucks and buses in Gdańsk and Wrocław. It follows on from its March acquisition of the Szyperska administrative complex in Poznan, Poland. “It’s an investment that appealed ...

Jungheinrich To Open Manufacturing Plant In Czech Republic

The German company Jungheinrich will build a factory for the production of forklift trucks in Chomutov. About 350 people will find work in it. Construction will begin next year. Production is expected to start in 2023. The project budget is approximately 60 million euros, which is approximately 1.5 billion crowns. Martin Koudelka from the company’s marketing department informed CTK ...

Air Bank Sees Profits Grow In First 9 Months Of 2021

The Air Bank Group, which consists of Air Bank, Benxy and the Czech and Slovak Home Credit, reported a net profit of CZK 1.47 billion in the first nine months of the year. Year-on-year growth is 16.9 percent. Compared to the same period in 2020, operating revenues fell slightly by 1.6 percent to 4.29 billion crowns. Air Bank ...

Avast Headquarters

Avast Shareholders Approve Merger With NortonLifeLock

The expected merger of cybersecurity companies Avast and NortonLifeLock will become a reality. One of the last conditions was the approval of the merger by the shareholders of the Czech company, which has now happened. Two weeks ago, the merger was approved by an American company. The two companies agreed to a merger in August, the Americans offered ...

O2 Czechia Profit Climbs Nearly 13%

The O2 operator increased its net profit by 12.9 percent year-on-year to 4.89 billion crowns in three quarters this year. Operating revenues rose by 2.9 percent to 30.08 billion crowns. The main sources of growth were revenues from O2 TV, mobile data, information and communication technologies and revenue growth in Slovakia. The company announced this in a press ...

Skoda Auto production line

Skoda Hammered As European Car Sales Plummet

This October was the worst in recent years in terms of new car registrations. However, some manufacturers benefited from the situation, especially the Korean ones. The European new car market continues to struggle with the crisis. After last year’s fall in registrations due to covid measures, a production crisis occurred this year due to a lack of ...

Czech Car Production Down 47% In October

Car production in the Czech Republic fell by 47 percent year on year in October due to outages caused by a lack of chips, and 68,202 passenger cars were produced. The Association of the Automotive Industry stated this in a press release. According to him, a total of 899,855 cars were produced this year, which is four ...