Škoda Transportation
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| Industry | Rail transport machinery |
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| Predecessor | Škoda Works (founded 1859) |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder | Emil Škoda (as Škoda Works) |
| Headquarters | Plzeň, Czech Republic |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Tomáš Ignačák Marek Čmejla Jiří Diviš Tomáš Krsek Michal Korecký Jaromír Šilhánek Josef Bernard Marek Krsek Michal Kurtinec |
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electric locomotives low-floor trams underground trains trolleybuses |
| Revenue | 16.4 billion CZK (2014) |
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Number of employees
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5,600 (2015) |
| Parent | CEIL (Central Europe Industries) LTD |
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| Website | www.skoda.cz |
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Footnotes / references |
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3.2 billion CZK (2014)
11.0 billion CZK (2012)Škoda Transportation a.s. is a Czech engineering company headquartered in Plzeň, Czech Republic. Its operations are in the area of transport engineering, manufacture of rail vehicles for urban and railway modes of transport, traction motors and drives for transport systems in the tradition of Škoda manufacturing plants. It has a strong footprint in the local and international market.
The company was incorporated on 1 March 1995 as Škoda Dopravní Technika s. r. o.; as of 10 December 2004 it operates under the name Škoda Transportation s.r.o.; as of 1 April 2009 it has the legal form of a joint-stock company. In 2009 Škoda Holding, then owner of Škoda Transportation, has made several acquisitions in the transportation sector. In 2010, Škoda Transportation posted revenues of CZK 6.7 billion.
In September 2010 company announced, that it was sold to four natural persons - managers Marek Čmejla, Jiří Diviš, Tomáš Krsek and Tomáš Korecký. But in reality, in March 2011 the company was taken over by Cyprus based company SKODA INDUSTRY (EUROPE) LTD, later renamed to CEIL (Central Europe Industries) LTD. Owner of that company is secret, in 2011 it was co-owned by Marshall Islands based Maranex Finance and Guernsey based Conitor Terra, that were owned by several shell corporations. The CEO of Škoda Transportation is currently Tomáš Ignačák and shareholders of the company are Tomáš Ignačák, Tomáš Krsek, Michal Korecký, Marek Čmejla, Jiří Diviš, Jaromír Šilhánek, Josef Bernard, Marek Krsek and Michal Kurtinec.
In the 1990s, Škoda Dopravní technika upgraded 26 Tatra T3 tramcars in Pilsen to type T3M.0 (company designation Škoda 01T; 1993–1999) and 20 T3 tramcars in Liberec to type T3M.04 (company designation Škoda 02T; 1995–1999). In 1997, the first Škoda 03 T tramcar (known also as LTM 10.08, 'Astra', 'Anitra') rolled out from the factory, and until 2006 it was bought by five tramway services in the Czech Republic. Other models followed, of which some were also exported. In 1996–2011, Škoda Transportation upgraded Prague Metro trainsets from type 81-71 to 81-71M. In 2003, the company unveiled a new metro trainset prototype: 6Mt. Other contracts included the production and upgrade of 81-553 trainsets (Slavutych) for Kazan and Kiev Metro and is currently manufacturing Ne-va trainsets for Saint Petersburg Metro. The company produces electric locomotives Škoda 109E (ČD Class 380 and 381 ZSSK series) and modernises 71E locomotives 71Em (163 series → 363.5 series ČD Cargo).
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