Tatra manufactured 648 trucks in Q1-3 2010, a rise of  5,88% compared to 2009.

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By: Lubomir Sedlak, Friday, October 08, 2010, AutomotiveWorld.com

Czech truck maker Tatra, which planned to make redundant 167 workers before end of this year, gave in to the company’s trade union and has promised to 91 of the workers in writing that by June 2011 at the latest it will take them back at the same wage as now.

Union chairman Pavel Baron told local daily Právo that as far as demand for Tatra’s lorries goes, next year should be slightly better than what it had looked like a month ago. The first workers should leave the company in November 2010, he added.

Koprivnice – Kopřivnice Tatra Unions could eventually forced to leave 77 staff instead of the originally planned 167 people. Workers’ representatives argue that the situation looks more favorable contracts and even outlook for the next year is optimistic.  More… (automatic translation)

Czech text: http://www.ct24.cz/

In an interview with Lidove Noviny, Tatra’s CEO Ronald Adams unfolded his plans for Tatra’s future. A last chance?  More…. (aut. translation)

Tatra has fired another 180 men. Rumours ay that this number could even rise to 500. People might get their job back next year due to contracted orders for Q1 2011. Ronald Adams speaks (aut. translation):

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Czech text: http://www.financninoviny.cz/

UPDATE: http://www.automotiveworld.com/

Navistar Defense, LLC on September 21 showcased its International MXT and Navistar-Tatra ATX6 vehicles at the Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition.
The company plans to submit variations of these vehicles to compete for the future South African military logistic truck requirement. More….

Lubomir Sedlak, Thursday, August 19, 2010, AutomotiveWorld.com

 Tatra is soon to start assembling some of its trucks in either Russia or one of the other post-Soviet republics. Over the past few weeks, it has begun to recruit new workers who will make the necessary parts at the OEM’s factory in the north Moravian town of Koprivnice.

Tatra has last year and the year before combined lost approximately CKr1.3bn (US$67.1m) and reduced its workforce from 3,700 to merely 2,300. “In 2009, our financial situation was probably the worst in the past fifty years,” conceded general director Gerald Adams.

Czech car production up by 18% in H1
ČTK 22 July 2010
Prague, July 21 (CTK) – Czech car makers produced 559,000 cars in the Czech Republic in H1 2010, an increase of 18 percent on the year, the Automotive Industry Association (SAP) said.
Passenger cars contributed nearly 557,000 units to the total figure, the SAP said. All passenger car manufacturers registered an increase in production, the association said.
Car maker Skoda Auto raised production of passenger cars and small utility vehicles by 17 percent to 287,000 units. TPCA’s production grew by 1.8 percent to 178,000 units and Hyundai’s by 84 percent to nearly 92,000 units. Kaipan produced six cars, 50 percent more on the year.
Production of lorries fell by 7.4 percent on the year to 579 units and bus production dropped by a fifth to 1,228 units in H1.
Avia raised production by 53 percent to 174 lorries this year, while Tatra reported a drop of 20 percent to 405 units.
As for buses, SOR Libchavy registered an increase, while other bus producers saw a drop in their output.
Motorcycle production went down by nearly 40 percent to 229 units.
Czech producers of motor vehicles exported 618,000 units in Jan-June of the year and domestic sales reached 33,500 units, a yr/yr growth of 16-17 percent for both items.
Czech car makers’ production in H1 2009 and 2010
type of vehicle production 2010 production 2009
passenger cars and small utility vehicles 556,706 470,667
lorries 579 625
buses 1,228 1,555
motorcycles 229 372
Source: SAP

Navistar and Tatra have published a new ATX6 and ATX8 military vehicle brochure: http://www.tatra.cz/web_cz/brozury/prospekt

Other Tatra military vehicles on-line brochures:

http://www.tatra.cz/web_cz/broz_voj_cz.asp

Posted: 9  7th  2010 15:34, author: CT24 (Automatic translation from http://www.ct24.cz/ekonomika/95364-tatra-planuje-triumfalni-navrat-na-rusky-trh/
  
Kopřivnice – Kopřivnice car Tatra slowly begin to recover from the crisis, during which the whole company had to stop the banks and big plans to expand abroad.  Particularly keen to return to Russia, which previously had been her biggest commercial market.  In order to avoid high import duties that its products more expensive for Russian consumers, wants its Tatra trucks mounted directly in one of the former Soviet Union. 
“To avoid pětadvacetiprocentnímu duty, which led Prime Minister Putin, and we once again managed to gain Russian market, we will conduct negotiations with potential partners in order to carry out assembly of Tatra cars in Russia or in another region of the Commonwealth of Independent States,” presented in the report to shareholders plan for its Tatra CEO Ronald Adams.
Rallying Tatra has bold plans on other continents.  In Southeast Asia it with potential partners in marketing and assembly in Malaysia.  The aim of cooperation is to be a quality supply to all countries in Southeast Asia.

Tatra escaped from the gravedigger shovel
Tatra last year due to the crisis ended in a loss of more than sedmsetmilionové, which was still 140 million more than in 2008.  But now the company begins to recover from the crisis.  “We can say that we managed to reduce costs and expenses, and that we are beginning to be successful in increasing our market share and sales. This is the winning combination necessary to enable the Tatra get back on top where they belong,” said Adams.

In South America, completed the car in-depth analysis and assumes that the countries that it opens the door to South American markets will be Brazil.  “We believe that this is a market for 400 to 1 000 trucks, plus military vehicles, which will be developed in the near future,” said Adams.
Currently, according to him represents the Tatra of the further development of a key role Saudi Arabia.  Its ground forces will buy the 3000 cars, 4×4, after which it will be during the five years following the contract for another 4000 military 6×6 and 8×8 vehicles. 

Tatra engineers also collaborate with Navistar and develop their first joint vehicle for the Canadian armed forces.  Stable market for Tatra also remains India.  Wants to enforce but also in Australia.

See also http://world-news.dxinginfo.com/2010/07/news-7102010.html