CZECHINVEST CzechInvest Services and the Investment Trends

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1 CZECHINVEST CzechInvest Services and the Investment Trends Ondrej Koc Director for China and South Eastasia Operations Beijing, September 29 th 2014

2 CzechInvest

3 CZECHINVEST Investment and Business Development Agency Ministry of Industry and Trade CzechInvest Investment and Business Development Agency Source: CzechInvest, 2014 mission to support foreign direct investment to develop local companies to implement business-development programs to improve the business environment

4 Our Services for Potential Investors Business intelligence Consultancy on available financial support for investment projects (investment incentives, EU structual funds) Identification of green/brownfield sites, production facilities and offices Identification of potential acquisition, joint-venture and supply partners Tailor-made visits to the Czech Republic Liaising with government bodies Aftercare services Source: CzechInvest, 2014 All of CzechInvest s services are free of charge

5 Priority Sectors (Investment Opportunities) Aerospace Automotive Business Support Services Energy & Environment Hi-tech Engineering ICT Life Sciences Nanotechnologies & Materials Source: CzechInvest, 2014

6 CzechInvest in Numbers Source: CzechInvest, 2014

7 CzechInvest in Numbers Source: CzechInvest, 2014

8 Number of Projects by Sector

9 FDI Statistics in Source: CzechInvest, 2014

10 Where CzechInvest see the potential?

11 Where is the potential of the Czech Republic? R&D The past decade has been strong growth in high-tech industries, which benefited from the knowledge base of research centres and Czech universities life sciences, nanotechnology and aerospace Many manufacturers also operates R&D centres in the Czech Republic

12 Skilled and cost effective university graduates and laboratory workforce UJEP Usti nad Labem Students: 9,678 Graduates: 1,955 TU Liberec Students: 7,890 Graduates: 1,728 University of Hradec Kralove Students: 8,824 Graduates: 2,080 CZECH REPUBLIC Students: 368,304 Graduates: 91,551 ZCU Plzen Students: 13,459 Graduates: 3,303 University of Life Sciences, Prague Students: 22,256 Graduates: 5,496 Czech Technical University, Prague Students: 21,542 Graduates: 5,008 Charles University in Prague Students: 48,200 Graduates: 8,748 University of Economics, Prague Students: 17,215 Graduates: 4,987 University of Pardubice Students: 10,317 Graduates: 2,130 Palacky University Olomouc Students: 21,316 Graduates: 4,841 OU Ostrava Students: 10,299 Graduates: 2,524 VSB-TU Ostrava Students: 19,237 Graduates: 4,956 JU Ceske Budejovice Students: 12,301 Graduates: 3,010 VUT Brno Students: 22,046 Graduates: 5,567 Masaryk University Students: 37,351 Graduates: 9,180 University of Tomas Bata In Zlin Students: 11,299 Graduates: 2,524 Source: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, 2014

13 Large Research Infrastructures Budget more than 50 mil./ USD 66 mil. Sustainable operation of current project nuclear plants, develop. of gen. III+IV reactors Large computer facility combining IT research and applications IT4INNOVATION SUSEN Sustainable Energy ELI Extreme Light Infrastructure ICRC International Clinic Research Center Most intense lasers world-wide Prevention, detection and cure of cardiovascular and neurological diseases Functional genomics, cellular and structural biology, virology, protein and tissue engineering, diagnostic Source: CzechInvest, 2013 BIOCEV Biotech. and Biomedicine Center CEITEC Central European Instutute of Technology Nano- and Microtech, advanced materials, biotech, genomics, proteomics, brain research

14 Selected R&D companies and technology centres Benet Automotive HLS Engineering Tesla Blatna Source: CzechInvest, 2013 Fränkische

15 Bosch Jihlava MFG est. in 1993 diesel systems (high-pressure injection pumps, pressure tanks, pressure valves) in this field it currently is the largest production facility complex in Europe starting with 190 employees at the very beginning, the company nowadays employs 4,000 workers in three production halls both the largest employer and exporter in Vysocina region significant player on the whole Czech labor and export Bosch Diesel has an exceptional customer network formed by more than 30 leading automotive manufacturers worldwide Source: CzechInvest 2013, Bosch Group 2013

16 Bosch Ceske Budejovice MFG & R&D Gasoline systems Manufacturing: 2,200 associates Development and testing center: the biggest Bosch R&D center in Europe excluding Germany participates in projects for worldwide customers 390 engineers and technicians as the activities are still expanding, Bosch continues in the hiring process, specifically for highly qualified engineers with technical background Source: CzechInvest 2013, Bosch Group 2013

17 BGI (Beijing Genomics Institute) 2012 BGI Health, a subsidiary of BGI Shenzhen, and GENNET, Prague founded a new prenatal diagnostic research center in Prague. The centre is equiped with the latest Ion Proton platform from Life Technologies and combines BGI s bioinformatics and sequencing expertise with GENNET s expertise in prenetal genetics BGI Shenzhen signed a contract with BIOCEV Prague to use the BIOCEV s world-class Centre for Phenogenomics in Prague for joint cancer reaserch Source: CzechInvest, 2013

18 Reasons to Invest in the Czech Republic Outstanding Geographical Location CzechInvest s Services Advanced Transport Infrastructure Attractive Living Environment Transparent Investment Incentives Well Developed Supplier Base Highly Skilled and Educated Labour Force Source: Czech Government, 2014

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