Conference Maritime Clusters In Landlocked Countries

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2. About cluster • In 2003, the first pioneer cluster in the Czech Republic – the Moravian-Silesian Engineering Cluster was established with support of the CzechInvest • Renamed on the Czech Machinery Cluster in 2008 • Amount of cluster members: approximately 50 • Number of employees of cluster companies: 16 500 • Turnover of cluster companies : 35 billionCZK • Main kind of production: engineering production • Turnover in the field of maritime industry: 25 % • Outside EU: 85 % STRUCTURE OF CLUSTER MEMBERS • engineering companies • VÍTKOVICE, FERRCOMP, Strojírny Třinec • research organisations • ECOFER • educational institutions – schools • VŠB-TU OV, SPŠ FM, SPŠ OV, SŠT OV • organisations connected to engineering • AUTEL, DEVIMEX, KOMA–SERVIS, IVITAS

3. Cluster advantages • Close connections among companies (supply chains) • Cooperation with science and academic sphere • Innovation and research potential • Production capacities and human resources potential • Long-term experience andtradition potential for further development • Close and effective cooperation with institutions oriented to support of industrial and regional development: CzechInvest, EGAP, etc.

4. VÍTKOVICE HEAVY MACHINERY a.s. • At present VÍTKOVICE HEAVY MACHINERY, a.s. ranks among TOP 3 producers of the semi-build-up crankshafts for low speed diesel enginesin the world • More than 300 pieces of crankshafts were produced in the year 2008 (the historical maximum per year) • Main current customers – engines producers: • China: HUDONG HEAVY MACHINERY Co., Ltd | YICHANG MARINE DIESEL ENGINE Co., Ltd JIANGSU ANTAI POWER MACHINERY Co., Ltd. | QINGDAO QIYAO WÄRTSILÄ MHI • Korea: STX ENGINE Co., Ltd. | DOOSAN ENGINE Co., Ltd. | HYUNDAI HEAVY MACHINERY Co., Ltd. • Europe:HCP POZNAN-POLAND | BRODOSPLIT – DIESEL ENGINE FACTORY–CROATIA ULJANIK STROJOGRADNIJA d.d.–CROATIA | 3.MAJ MOTORI I DIZALICE d.d.–CROATIA • Japan: KOBE STEEL Ltd Further ship components produced under the trademark VITKOVICE: • Shafting lines, • Rudder parts, • Rudder Stocks, • Rudder Pintles, • Hollow Shafts

5. VÍTKOVICE GEARWORKS a.s. • Delivers for more than 10 years spooling gears for giant winches to Norwegian company I.P HUSE. It is an equipment of special boats for installations of cables and pipes in the sea bottom or for construction or operation of drilling platforms on the sea. • 32 pieces produced in total value of 147 mil. CZK in 2008 • Decrease of production to 20 pieces, resp. 85 mil. CZK in 2009 as a result of financial crisis

6. Strojírny Třinec, a. s. Production programmeofcompanyisspecialised in production ofwiderangeofengineeringproductsandtechnologicalunitsaccording to customersrequirements. Subseadeliveries - Offshore • steelstructuresforexploitationofrawmaterialfrombottomofthesee • steelstructuresforlayofcablesandpipes on bottomoftheseefromtheship

7. UniversityCampus „Lower Vítkovice“ Project focused on utilisation of 160 ha space of industrial area of Ostrava – „the Lower Vítkovice Area“ The target is to build up: • Innovation and development centre • Modern background for universities and preparation of teaching new curriculas • Background for development of science and research • Exposition of history of companies and industrial production • Exposition of current technologies • Training Centre of the Czech Machinery Cluster • Science Centre to meet technical branches

8. Invitation to conference Conference Machinery Ostrava 2009 „Crisisand her influence on Czechmachinery“ 19. 5. 2009 Nova Aula VSB – Technical univerzity Ostrava

9. Thank you for attention. Vladimír Šiška