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Bread winner
09.01.08 16:07 Filed in: The Prague Post Penam breaks into Bohemian market with automated bakery HERINK, CENTRAL BOHEMIA In the purified atmosphere of a clean room, staff members check the fully automated production process on a touch screen, sorting out irregularities. The final product is treated with UV radiation, and its delivery is tracked using [...]
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Cleared for takeoff
21.05.08 22:13 Filed in: The Prague Post Spurred by European funding and Russian tourists, regional airports are on the rise It may have taken a while, but the Czech Republic’s regional airports are beginning to assert themselves. The government opened up the aviation market in 2004, transferring airport ownership to the regional administrations. Following this [...]
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Russian plant a boon for Škoda, Volkswagen
05.12.07 16:54 Filed in: The Prague Post Carmaker expects to save up to 10 percent off customs tariffs Czech automaker Škoda Auto expects to benefit from rapid growth on Russia’s car market and cut customs tariffs with its new plant near Moscow, built in conjunction with parent company Volkswagen. ?Škoda’s first Octavia, its hugely popular [...]
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Firms underestimate fraud risk
A man returned home after traveling, and his wife embraced him so emphatically that she broke a rib. As it turned out, this was a mere curiosity and not a case of insurance fraud, investigators from Česká pojišťovna (ČP), the country’s largest insurer, decided. The same cannot be said of another client, who hit a [...]
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Spurred by sales, Lego does an about-face on Kladno outsourcing
05.03.08 12:18 Filed in: The Prague Post After years of financial trouble, the pieces seem to be fitting together for the Lego Group. The Danish toymaker has called off an ambitious plan to outsource most of its production capacity, opting to take direct control of its large production center in Kladno, west Bohemia, beginning March [...]