Solar Turbines opens new repair facility
2 Jul. 2012 | CzechInvest | Solar Turbines, a company focused on manufacturing turbines, has opened a high-tech repair centre in the Triangle industrial zone.
The celebratory opening of the centre was attended by Jim Umpleby, president of Solar Turbines, governor Jana Vaňhová, and Miroslav Křížek, CEO of CzechInvest.
The repair centre will serve for repairing turbines from Europe and Africa. The centre is equipped with state-of-the-art technology and is the company’s only such facility in Europe. More than 70 people are currently employed there, though the company plans to eventually employ approximately 500 workers.
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CzechInvest has been supporting the inflow of foreign direct investments to the Czech Republic for twenty years already. Since its establishment in 1992, the agency has mediated 1,798 investment projects with the total value of more than CZK 715 billion, thanks to which nearly a quarter of a million new jobs have been created. CzechInvest contributes to improving the overall business environment in the Czech Republic and strives to increase the competitiveness of the Czech economy in changing conditions. Since 2004, the agency has also operated as the implementation body for EU structural funds and has regional offices staffed by specialists in every regional capital in the Czech Republic. CzechInvest’s CEO, Miroslav Křížek, was named Manager of the Year 2011 in the Business and Public Services sector.
