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Visit of Taiwanese students
2010
Getting to know each other
About me
This is me!
Richard Selby
Getting to know each other
About me
This is me!
Richard Selby
Traditional businesses in the Czech Republic
Traditional businesses in the Czech Republic
…..up to 1989
1918 - 1993
Austro-Hungarian Empire (1895)
An appreciation of dates• Pre 1914
– Austro-Hungarian empire; Czechoslovakia created 1918
• 1918-1939• 1939-1945
– German occupation
• 1945-1989– Communist regime (Influenced by Russia)– “Prague spring” 1968– “Velvet revolution” November 1989
• Post 1989
Traditional industries
• Three groups:– Engineering and “Heavy industry”– Specialised– Consumer items
Traditional industries (1)
• Engineering and “Heavy industry”– Engineering
• Skoda – cars, trucks and large engines• Tesla – electronic items: radios & TVs etc,
Lighting, generators
– Mining• “Black” coal• “Soft” coal• Clay• Graphite• Silver Uranium
Traditional industries (1)
• Engineering and “Heavy industry”– Engineering
• Skoda – cars, trucks and large engines• Tesla – electronic items: radios & TVs etc,
Lighting, generators
– Mining• “Black” coal• “Soft” coal• Clay• Graphite• Silver Uranium
“Open-cast” coal miningat Doly Bilina
Traditional industries (1)
• Engineering and “Heavy industry”– Engineering
• Skoda – cars, trucks and large engines• Tesla – electronic items: radios & TVs etc,
Lighting, generators
– Mining• “Black” coal• “Soft” coal• Clay• Graphite• Silver Uranium
Traditional industries (2)• Specialised
– Chemical– Medical– Contact lenses– Films– Musical instruments– Agribusiness
• Livestock milk/cheese/meat• Timber• Fruit/vegetables
etc, etc, etc………
Prof. Otto WichterleInventor of the “soft” contact lens
On this home-built apparatus, Prof. Wichterle produced his first “soft” contact lens in his kitchen
in 1961
Traditional industries (3)
• Consumer items
– Glassware• Lead crystal and cut-glass
– Porcelain– Shoes
• The “Bata” company
In more detail….
• Skoda
• Tesla • Bata
Shoe advertising
Traditional industries (3)• Consumer items
– Glassware• Lead crystal and cut-glass
– Porcelain– Shoes
• The “Bata” company
– Brewing Beer…….also, wines, spirits and other
beverages: fruit drinks and mineral water
Petrof pianos
Thank you
See you next Thursday!
