The Moravian-Silesian Region has a long tradition of automotive manufacturing.
The Moravian-Silesian Region has a rich industrial history, and has long been renowned as a centre of metallurgy, steelmaking and mechanical engineering. Now the Region has shifted its focus away from these traditional areas to embrace forward-looking industries driven by innovation and new technologies. The role of the automotive and IT industries has grown considerably during the past decade, and they now employ the same number of people in the Region as the metallurgical industry. Of the total number of employees in the Moravian-Silesian Region, almost 30% work in manufacturing industry (a figure well above the national average).
The MAP below shows the most important companies in the Region’s top 8 industries.
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Company | Address | Industry | Main product |
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AIRSPED s.r.o. | Ostrava - Hošťálkovice 725 28, K Vodě 455/3 | Logistics | Transport services |
AL INVEST Břidličná, a.s. | Břidličná 793 51, Bruntálská 167 | Metallurgy | Aluminium packaging and foils, sheets, coils, discs |
Alliance Laundry CE s.r.o. | Příbor 742 58, Místecká 1116 | Mechanical engineering | Laundry machinery production |
ALPEX OBALY, s.r.o. | Václavov u Bruntálu - Horní Václavov 792 01, 1 | Metallurgy | Aluminium foils |
Andrla CZ s.r.o. | Branka u Opavy 747 41, Cihelní 260 | Logistics | Transport services |
AQUASPED s.r.o. | Ostrava - Moravská Ostrava 702 00, Vítkovická 3056/2 | Logistics | Transport services |
ARAKO spol. s r.o. | Opava - Předměstí 746 01, Hviezdoslavova 2897/18 | Mechanical engineering | Industrial valves |
ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Karviná a.s. | Karviná - Hranice 733 01, Rudé armády 471 | Metallurgy | Production and sale of longitudinally welded thin-walled steel sections and tubes and open thin-walled sections |
ARGO - HYTOS Protech s.r.o. | Ostrava - Vítkovice 703 00, Pohraniční 504/27 | Mechanical engineering | Production lines, single-purpose machines, machine tools |
ARMAGAS s.r.o. | Třinec - Staré Město 739 61, Průmyslová 1021 | Mechanical engineering | Gas valves |
The Moravian-Silesian Region has a long tradition of automotive manufacturing.
ICT (information and communication technologies) is one of the Moravian-Silesian Region’s fastest-growing industries.
The first ironworks in the Moravian-Silesian Region were established at the beginning of the 19th century.
The pharmaceutical industry in the Moravian-Silesian Region includes companies with over a century of tradition.
The Moravian-Silesian Region has a strategic position in the middle of Europe, which has been recognized by a number of major global logistics providers who have set up operations here.
Mechanical engineering has a strong presence in the Moravian-Silesian Region, with a broad and highly diverse range of production.