Mechanical engineering has a strong presence in the Moravian-Silesian Region, with a broad and highly diverse range of production ranging from bicycles and cycle components to laundry machinery, medical equipment, mine transport systems, maritime cranes, hydraulic systems and large technological assemblies. The Moravian-Silesian Region offers strong support for technical research, so a number of ferign investors from the industry have set up R&D centres here. In tline with global trends, the fastes-growing area of mechanical engineering in the Region is industrial automation - a key area of focus for many companies here.