Technological Initiative Pilsen

The TIP General Meeting was held on 13 June in STREICHER, spol. s r.o.  All participants welcomed Mr. Jiří Lopata company executive. TIP members and partner had the opportunity to visit the production facilities of Streicher and learn more about the activities of this worldwide machinery company.

The main topics of this meeting was supporting of technical education, motivation of young students and promotion of technology, and cooperation with regional institutions, university and schools. Streicher company, which has long-term experience with events supported technical education, has presented own successful activities and inspire other colleagues.

Part of the program was an interesting presentation by Mr. Koenig from nvias company, focused on technical activities for children and students.

The next TIP General Meeting will take place in October at Kermi s.r.o., worldwide manufacturer of heating, cooling and shower enclosures.

On 19th-20th May visited TIP the Krones company in Neutraubling. The TIP members had the opportunity to look into the operation of one of the most important filling and packaging technology manufacturer that exports products to the whole world. Part of the program was also a very interesting presentation of Dr. Oesterecher, the head of Krones’ development, a meeting in the evening and a joint tour of the historic center of Regensburg the following day. Great thanks to Mr. J. Hafner, Konplan CEO and TIP vice-president, who organized the event.

TIP’s first General Meeting of 2017 took place at the premises of EUROSOFTWARE, s.r.o., which is one of the major software companies in the Pilsen Region. A total of 13 of the current 17 members took part in the General Meeting. Company executives Stephan Kronmueller and Petr Panoš welcomed all those present, while TIP members and partner had the opportunity to view at first hand the cutting edge software company’s facilities after the initial presentations. Stephan Boese of GK FutureLab’s presentation on groundbreaking technologies and their practical uses in the retail sector was particularly interesting. Over the course of the meeting, other topics were discussed, in particular in regard to the lack of qualified personnel and support for technical education in the region.

Deputy Chair of the Board, Mr Johannes Hafner, invited TIP members and partners to take part in a visit to Konplan’s parent company KRONES in Neutraubling. Here, TIP members will have a unique opportunity to view the operation and cutting edge technology in a company operating worldwide which develops and manufactures machinery and complete production lines in the bottling and packaging technology sector for the food industry in particular.

At the end of the meeting, TIP General Secretary, Mr Pavel Duchek, thanked everyone for taking part and the organisers for the smooth course of the whole event. The next TIP General Meeting will take place in June at STREICHER, spol. s r.o. Plzeň, involved in the construction and mechanical engineering of special equipment, pressure vessels and steel structures.

TIP General Meeting took place on 9 November, this time at the premises of MBtech Bohemia in Pilsen. MBtech representative, Mr Rudolf Vohnout, began by welcoming General Meeting participants along with General Secretary, Pavel Duchek, and then went on to introduce all the activities of his company, and a interesting tour of the whole factory was also taken. MBtech Bohemia, which has been an associate partner for many years, was accepted as a TIP member during the General Meeting. TIP now has 18 members, and other co-operating partners, mainly from business fields.

The programme traditionally includes a very interesting specialist presentation, and this time it was given by Mrs Ludmila Kučerová from the University of West Bohemia’s Regional Technical Institute on the topic of New Trends and Opportunities in Metallography.

This was also an important meeting in that a new Board of Directors was elected to lead TIP over the years to come, this to be comprised of Mr Martin Kořínek, executive director at GRAMMER CZ, Mr Johannes Hafner, executive director at Konplan, Mr Mathias Eickhoff, executive director at ZF Engineering Plzeň, Mr Pavel Majer, executive director at GOLDRATT CZ, and Mr Karel Luňáček, executive director at MECAS ESI.

Pilsen Association of Technological Initiative provided financial amount of 15 000, – CZK for Foundation Fund “Support for technical education in the Pilsen region”. This amount is dedicated to support technical education and increasing interest of elementary and secondary school student´s in technical education.

Poděkování náměstka hejtmana Plzeňského kraje

Mr Vlastimil Volák, CEO of Techmania Science Center o.p.s. (TSC) began by informing those present of TSC activities and the further opportunities it offers, such as linking up digitalisation with the opportunities to test it all out in practice.

Mr Beneš, Senior Consultant for the Regional Development Agency of the Pilsen Region, presented the outcomes of the Regional Needs Analysis. In his talk, he informed participants of statistical data on the economic activities of Pilsen Region citizens from various perspectives (type of employment, age groups, level of educational attainment in various fields of the national economy), as well as the population’s education level, the education system and labour market development, etc.

Mr Duda of the Pilsen Regional Authority’s Department of Education, Youth and Sport (DEYS PRA) gave information on the status of the Pilsen Region Educational Development Regional Action Plans project. The objective of this project is to set up a working system for education action planning in the secondary and higher specialist education field, improving schools management and planning strategic measures leading to improvements in the quality of the Region’s educational system, as well as individual schools. The project is to be implemented from 1 February 2016 until 31 January 2022.

Mr Dušek of DEYS PRA spoke of the establishment, utilisation and current status of the Support for Technical Education in the Pilsen Region Foundation. In spring of this year, 60 large companies and organisation were sent letters asking for donations. During discussions of this point, a proposal was made that banks also be contacted with a request for donations to the foundation.

Mrs Havlíčková spoke on the activities of the Pilsen Region and other subjects in supporting technical education in secondary schools.

Presentation from this section of the meeting.

November 9^th – 11^th 2016 / Hotel Angelo, Pilsen, Czech Republic, EU. More information at http://www.comat.cz/en//