Plant Visits – Skoda Auto and TPCA

Skoda Auto – 25th November 12.15 – 20:00

Fred Kappler,
Member of the Board and Head of Sales & Marketing,
SKODA AUTO

Mr Hurt,
Head of Sales and Marketing Central & Eastern Europe,
SKODA AUTO

Members of the Skoda Board Fred Kappler invite you to spend a half day visiting the Skoda Auto production facility in Mlada Boleslav. Join Mr Kappler as he welcomes you to the facility and discusses the vision for the Skoda brand.

• Meet top management and production floor experts to establish personal contact and make a real impression with decision makers
• Learn first-hand about Skoda’s quality control and manufacturing processes in order to better align your own operations
• Make new contacts and further meaningful business relationships
• Hear from top decision makers about Skoda’s purchasing strategies and requirements
• Network with your peers and competitors to learn more about their operations and plans

Skoda Auto Plant Visit Schedule:

12.15 - Welcome Coffee in Foyer of Intercontinental Hotel
12.35 - Departure from Intercontinental Hotel.
14.00 - Arrival at Skoda Auto Museum
14.00 - 14.30 Skoda Auto Museum visit
14.30 – 15.15 Welding Shop
15.15 – 15.45 Press Shop
15.45 – 16.15 Engine Shop
16.15 - 17.30 Fabia Assembly line
17.30 - Departure from Skoda Factory
18.30 - 18.45 - Arrival back at Intercontinental Hotel

TPCA – November 28th from 9.00 – 12.30

Bernard Million-Rousseau,
Executive Vice President,
TPCA

Pavel Hortlik,
Quality Control Deputy General Manaer,
TPCA

Following your meeting with Mr Million-Rousseau and Mr Hortlik at the AutoCEE conference and gala dinner, develop this relationship with a visit to their top class production site in Kolin. Get first hand information from factory floor operators and learn how Toyota and PSA systems have been successfully integrated.

• Exchange business cards with top management at TPCA to improve your company’s chances of doing business with them
  
• Tour the production facility and learn about key TPCA manufacturing systems
  
• Find out what challenges TPCA face and how your business can contribute to resolving them
  
• Spend the day networking with you peers and competitors on the production floor
  
• Discover TCPA’s purchasing strategies and find out how you can become a preferred supplier

TPCA Plant Visit Schedule:

08.00 Group 1 busses leave hotel for TPCA Kolin
08.45 Group 2 busses leave hotel for TPCA Kolin
09.00 Group 1 arrives TPCA Kolin
09.45 Group 1 visit through production operations on electric trains – see TPCA quality and manufacturing processes first hand
09.40 Group 2 arrives TPCA Kolin
09.45 Groups 1 & 2 documentary and information about history and production in TPCA – find out more about how this co-operation has evolved
10.10 Q&A – put your questions to TPCA managers to find out more about production strategies
10.25 Group 1 return to Prague
10.30 Group 2 visit through production on electric trains