Technological Initiative Pilsen

Using Artificial Intelligence in Industry

TIP member organisations met up after another year on 24 March 2021 to take part in an online talk on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in Industry.

The talk was organised at the instigation of TIP Chairman of the Board, Mr Stephan Kronmüller, and TIP’s former and current Honorary Chairman of the Board, Mr Johannes Heidecker, who currently works in Macedonia as an advisor to the Macedonian Prime Minister on economic development.

The topic of the talk was Using Artificial Intelligence to Identify Welding Quality and Create a Data Model for Welding. The talk was led by Mr Ivan Vishev, a doctoral student in Data Analysis and Process Development, who works for Daimler AG.

In his doctoral studies, Ivan Vishev focuses on developing algorithms to analyse industrial processes in mass production, assess the repeatability and reproducibility of processes, and digitalisation in manufacturing.

Artificial intelligence helps to automate, accelerate and refine human perception, reasoning and decision-making, and greater efficiency and quality can be achieved by incorporating it into the manufacturing process.

All those who took part were very impressed by the chosen topic and contents of the talk, and the manufacturers amongst TIP members in particular expressed great interest in the technology discussed, something confirmed following the end of the talk, which triggered a lively debate amongst those participating.

We are very glad that we were able again to shine light on another fascinating topic which can be put to use by companies in the Plzeň Region, who can in future apply the findings presented in practice.

We would here like to thank the TIP Chairman, Mr Stephan Kronmüller and Honorary Chairman, Mr Johannes Heidecker, for this truly fascinating talk, of benefit to all TIP members, and we look forward to our next meeting.

Despite the ongoing non-standard situation in companies, but also in everyday life, 17 member companies Technological Initiative Pilsen, z.s.p.o. they chose their new management by correspondence. This was because at the end of 2020 the mandate of most members of the current Board of Directors of TIP expired. The current chairman, Dr. Mathias Eickhoff, is leaving the management of TIP. Mathias Eickhoff, managing director of ZF Engineering Plzeň s.r.o. is fully dedicated to the rapidly developing technology center of ZF in Pilsen. Johannes Hafner, a long-time member of TIP, managing director in Konplan s.r.o., which is developing a new technological center in the field of beverage technology in Pilsen, is also leaving TIP’s management. Mr. Hafner was assigned new tasks at the headquarters of the parent company Krones AG in Germany.

TIP is newly led by Mr. Stephan Kronmueller, co-owner, and CEO of SW of the company Eurosoftware s.r.o., which deals with the development of applications for international retail chains, Dr. Karel Luňáček, co-owner and CEO of SW of the company MECAS ESI s.r.o. operating in the field of virtual prototyping and physical-mechanical SW systems, and Pavel Majer, co-owner and CEO of Goldratt CZ s.r.o. operating in the field of improving and increasing the profitability of companies. All three current members of the board were members of previous board. At the first post-election meeting of the new TIP Board of Directors, Mr. Kronmueller was elected Chairman of TIP and Dr. Luňáček as deputy chairman.

Let us wish the old-new leadership of TIP a firm hand at the helm of the organization in difficult times. Let us also thank the former chairman and vice-chairman for their efforts and care for the activities in the Technological Initiative Pilsen for many years.

Congratulations to all participants for a great job. The competition results can be found at nvias.org.

IHK REGENSBURG would like to invite you to the Czech-Bavarian Innovation Day, which takes place on 22.1.2020 from 12 o’clock at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen.

It is a day full of discussions, lectures and workshops on data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence with experienced lecturers from large companies, as well as SMEs, startups, and science from both sides of the border.

Registration is here

On November 5, 2019, the planned meeting of TIP in Klatovy was held at Rodenstock. Rodenstock met 23 directors of major companies in the Pilsen region. The meeting aimed to invite representatives of public administration and companies from the Klatovy region to the existing members of TIP and share their experiences. The program included a presentation of the Rodenstock group, their production program, and products produced in Klatovy. The presentation, including a tour of the fully automated production of high-quality spectacle lenses in Klatovy, was led by both Managing Directors of Rodenstock – Mr. Dimbath and Mr. Nováček.

Deputy Mayor of Klatovy Croust gave a presentation of the town of Klatovy, including an interesting historical excursion. The present TIP Chairman, Mr. Eickhoff, together with the Secretary-General of TIP Duchek informed about the aims and activities of TIP.

At the end of the meeting Pavel König (nvias.org) spoke about the seminars, courses, and competitions organized by his organization for school youth in the spirit of active support of technical education. After the presentation of the achieved results, Mr. Köenig received well-deserved applause. Finally, Mr. Köenig would like to thank the TIP member firms for the long-term support they have given to nvias.org over the long term and expressed his conviction that the mutual support and cooperation of TIP and nvias.org will continue to develop successfully in the future.

The end of the evening included a guided tour of the Klatovy catacombs and the informal dinner of participants at the famous Klatovy Ennius restaurant.

We would like to thank everyone on behalf of the TIP Board for their participation, organization of the joint meeting and we look forward to seeing you at the next meeting.

Nvias.org would like to invite you to Informal meetup for schools and companies with the project day Naše firmy.

It’s a unique opportunity to personally experience what is the project day about and how it to develops skills for the 21st century.
Naše firmy is an educational program for entrepreneurship, these are the key competencies for entrepreneurs and corporate intrapreneurs.

The meeting will take place at SIT Port in Cukrovarská 20, Plzeň, on November 26 from 16:00 to 20:00 .
Program:
– discussion about cooperation between schools and companies
– the game Naše firmy/Our companies itself
– evening banquet

There will be career advisors and teachers from elementary and high schools, representatives from city of Pilsen and guests from partner companies.
Registration is here.

May 30th took place a results announcement of the poll “Sodexo the Employer of the year 2019”. The poll evaluated the provided motivation for employees, investments to an education, economic indicators and results. This year the poll put insistence to a digitisation and an automation. Among the competitors, 3 member companies of the Technology Initiative Pilsen broke into. In a category to 5000 employees, MBtech Bohemia s.r.o. has won on the second place, in the category to 500 employees has triumphed ZF Engineering Plzeň, s.r.o., and the third place has taken Konplan, s.r.o. We congratulate to our members for the results and believe that they will succeed in the coming years.

Source (in Czech): https://strakonicky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/zname-zamestnavatele-roku-2019-20190601.html

Pool pages (in Czech): https://zamestnavatelroku.klubzamestnavatelu.cz/

Stephan Kronmüller, Managing Director and co-owner of EUROSOFTWARE, a member of the GK SOFTWARE Group, was elected as a new member of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors subsequently elected Dr. Ing. Mathias Eickhoff, Managing Director of ZF Engineering, Plzeň, to become the new Chairman of the Board. Mathias Eickhoff thereby replace Martin Kořínek, who resigned from the Board of Directors last month due to his involvement with Grammer’s headquarters in Germany. We wish all of them success in their new roles.