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CZECH BUSINESS AND TRADE

Czech Business and Trade

Economic Magazine is Designed for Foreign Partners, Interested in Cooperation with the Czech Republic

Issued by PP AGENCY s.r.o. in cooperation with

• Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

• Ministry for Regional Development of the Czech Republic

• Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic

• Confederation of Employers‘ and Entrepreneurs‘ Associations of the Czech Republic

• Czech Chamber of Commerce

• CzechTrade

PARTNER OF THE MAGAZINE: ICC Czech Republic

EDITORIAL BOARD: Vladimír Bärtl, Jiří Hansl, Marcela Havlová, Jaromír Kohlíček, Dagmar Kuchtová, Martin Lukáš, Karel Machotka, Marie Pavlů, Tomáš Seidl, Miroslav Somol, Jarmila Škvrnová, Jan Špunda, Martin Tlapa, Jan Wiesner

• INTRODUCTION Questions for Jiří Havlíček, Minister of Ministry Industry and Trade 4

• ECONOMIC POLICY

Machinery Production Boasting Steady Growth

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Exporters Continue to Boost the Economy

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• LABOUR MARKET Enormous Labour Demand in Engineering 10

• TRENDS

Industrial Digitalisation in Practice

13

Czech Companies Start Getting to Grips With Industry 4.0

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Czech Mining Machinery Boasts a Number of Achievements

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MANAGING EDITOR: Pavla Podskalská

EDITOR: Jana Pike

• ANALYZE Czech Engineering Up By 3.7 % 16

TRANSLATION: Vlasta Benešová

PROOFREADING: Ivana Kadlecová, Matthew Booth, STAR Czech s.r.o.

GRAPHIC DESIGN: Stanislava Podaná

COVER PHOTO: www.pixabay.com; collage

DEADLINE: 30/7/2017

• PR Czech Exports to the Russian Federation 24

• ANNIVERSARY VUES Brno Celebrates Its 70th Anniversary 26

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Press run: 10 000 copies. It is not allowed to reproduce any part of the contents of this journal without prior consent from the Editor. Attitudes expressed by the authors of articles carried by CBT need not necessarily be consistent with the standpoint of the Publisher. MK ČR E 6379, ISSN 1211-2208 „Podávání novinových zásilek povoleno Českou poštou, s. p., odštěpný závod Přeprava, č. j. 3468/95, ze dne 24/10/1995“

• EDUCATION Collaboration with Industry Is a Matter of Course for the Faculty of Engineering 28

• ASSOCIATION The Future of the Machine-Tool and Forming Machine Sector Is Based on High Technological Quality 31 Agricultural Machinery – Traditional Export Commodity 36

• PRESENTATION OF FIRMS 4 U Color, s.r.o.; ARGO-HYTOS s.r.o.; Česká exportní banka, a.s.; Český metrologický institut; ETD TRANSFORMÁTORY a.s.; E-therm TZ s.r.o.; CHEMOTEX Děčín a.s.; I.B.C. Praha spol. s r.o.; RETOS VARNSDORF s.r.o.; S+C ALFANAMETAL s.r.o., koncern; SANBORN a.s.; SV výrobní, s.r.o.; Terinvest, spol. s r. o.; TOOL TRADE s.r.o.; TOS VARNSDORF a.s.; TRANSROLL - CZ, a.s.; Veletrhy Brno, a.s.; VUES Brno s.r.o.

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