Source: Institute for Information on Education, Statistical Yearbook, 2005

Bachelor programme

Master programme

Post graduate

Foreign students

Total number of students: 298,196

Opava

2,192Prague

113,601

Brno

62,763

Ostrava

28,819Olomouc

16,684

Plzen

15,812

H. Kralove

9,856

C. Budejovice

9,070

Usti n. L

8,688

Liberec

7,633

Pardubice

7,058

Zlin

7,508

Karvina

1,954

Cheb

1,972

J. Hradec

1,233

Lednice

1052

K. Vary

798

Kunovice

484

M. Boleslav

325

Litomysl

68

Trebic

59

Kladno

275

Kolin

220

Prerov

51

Pisek

21

- Country with long and rich industrial heritage

- Leading recipient of FDI in Central and Eastern Europe

- Stable economy: robust growth, low inflation

- Strong technical education: over 70,000 students

Inflow of foreign direct investment

2.61.4 1.3

3.7

6.35 5.6

8.5

2.1

5

0.7 0.9

11

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

Source: CNB, Oct. 2006

US

D B

N

Foreign investors in the Czech Republic

╌ 45% of employees in industry

╌ 55% of industrial production

╌ 65% of industrial exports

╌ 400+ US companies

╌ 165 Japanese companies

╌ 20 Taiwanese companies

╌ 15 Korean companies

Salaries in regions of the Czech Republic

(Exchange rate: 1 EUR = 29,784 CZK; average exchange rate for 2005 published by Czech National Bank)

Region Salaries (EUR)

Prague region 804

Central Bohemia region 625

South Bohemian region 558

Plzeň region 593

Karlovy Vary region 537

Ústí region 574

Liberec region 571

Region Salaries (EUR)

Hradec Králové region 550

Pardubice region 549

Vysočina region 547

South Moravian region 571

Olomouc region 544

Zlín region 551

Moravian Silesian region 592

Average gross monthly salary in 2005:

19 030 CZK = 639 EUR

Czech Republic: location & transport infrastructure

´European Banana´ Heartland of Europe

European Logistic Centres

Czech Republic – no1 global services location in Europe!

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

10.

Source: A.T. Kearney Global Services Location Index 2005

Country Score Rank

India 7.76 1

China 7.34 2

Czech Republic 7.26 3

Singapore 7.25 4

Poland 7.24 5

Canada 7.23 6

Hong Kong 7.19 7

Hungary 7.17 8

Source: EIU, 2005

11) Honeywell 16) Hayes Lemmerz 21) Matsushita 12) AMI Semiconductor 17) Mercedes Benz 22) Roper Industries13) ON Semiconductor 18) Siemens Kolejová vozidla 23) Tyco Safety Syst.14) Siemens Automotive 19) Latecoere 24) IMI-Norgren15) Visteon 20) Freescale Semiconductor 25) Siemens Rail

1) Valeo 2) Ricardo 3) Rockwell Automation 4) STMicroelectronics 5) S3 Silicon&Software Systems 6) Honeywell 7) Siemens VDO 8) Robert Bosch 9) Bosch Diesel10) Rieter

134

185

6

2

7

17

9

10

11

12

1314

15

19

208

21 22

23

24

16

25

Major investors in Research and Development

ManufacturingFacilities

Selected U.S. Investment Projects in the Czech Republic

Update: June 2006

PRAGUE ARROWEASTMAN CHEMICALS

TEXTRON

HONEYWELLTYCO

PARKER HANNIFIN

HAYES LEMMERZWESTVACO

PROCTER&GAMBLE KIMBERLY -CLARK

PRECISION CAST CORP.

ON SEMICONDUCTOR

VISTEON

AVXPHILIP MORRIS

MASTER FOODS

HAYES LEMMERZ

DELPHI PACKARD

DURA AUTOMOTIVE

TRW

TRW

OTIS

JOHNSON CONTROLS

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS

KIMBERLY -CLARK

KIMBERLY-CLARK

MEOPTA

BAXTER

TIMKEN

BRNO

OSTRAVA

MORA AEROSPACE

LEAR

COLLINS & AIKMAN

EATON

DANAHER

KRAFT FOODS

ARVINMERITOR

PITSBURGH CORNING

OWENS ILLINOIS

BLACK&DECKER

TOMKINS

OPW

ANDREW

TRW

PLASTIPAK PACKAGING

AERO VODOCHODY (SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT)

DONALDSON

DURA

THERMO KING

INGERSOLL-RAND

TATRA(TEREX)

DANA

SC JOHNSON

PEPSICO

BELDEN CDTCHART INDUSTRIES

BOBCAT

CZECH PRECISION FORGE

CTS CORP.

GOODYEAR

ADC

BRIGGS & STRATTON

DELPHI

Business Support Services or R&D Centers

Update: June 2006

Selected U.S. Investment Projects in the Czech Republic

HONEYWELL

PRAGUE

ON SEMICONDUCTOR

INGERSOLL-RAND/THERMO KING

IBM

ACCENTURE

EDS

BRNO

OSTRAVA

EXXON MOBIL

HEWLETT-PACKARD

GE MONEY MULTISERVIS

SCHNEIDER LOGISTICS

JOHNSON CONTROLS

COMPUTER ASSOCIATES

ROPER

TYCO

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION

SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES

SUN MICROSYSTEMS

SYSTINET YOUNGER OPTICS

AMI SEMICONDUCTOR

MONSTER TECHNOLOGIES

IVAX

HONEYWELL

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

FREESCALEMOTOROLA

TRW

ADOBE SYSTEMSQUADBASE

ARIBA

MAYO CLINIC

investment 50 mil. USD several hundred new jobs potential for future

expansion

Eaton Industries

“We are pleased to be

bringing new job

opportunities and

technical skills to the

region.”

Jean-Pierre Lacombe, Vice-President, Europe, Eaton

Rockwell Automation: development laboratory in Prague

-- In the Czech Republic since 1993

-- Cooperation with Czech Technical University

-- Cooperation with University of Western Bohemia

-- One of 5 independent development labs of RA in the world

-- 20+ development engineers

-- Development of software for industrial machinery

Rockwell Automation

Schneider Logistics

╌Financial and accounting SSC

╌Located in Olomouc – Central Moravia

╌Start of operations: March 2005

╌Support to customers of SL from all over Europe

╌Operation in up to 12 European languages

╌Over 300 employees

Computer Associates

Mainframe Center of Excellence in Prague

╌First of a kind, world-class development facility

for

next-generation software solutions

╌Total of € 36 million planned investment

╌Planned staff: 200; 65% of that to be recent

graduates

╌Over 4,000 sq meters, located in “The Park”

business area in Prague 4

ICRC – International Clinical Research Center

╌Project of the Mayo Clinic and St. Anne's university hospital

in Brno

╌Creation of a new type clinical-research-educational center

focused on cardio- and neurovascular diseases, internal

medicine, neurology and oncology

╌Investment of CZK 2 mld

Will become one of the

largest platforms for medical

and biotech research in the CEE

Investment Incentives

In the Czech Republic available for:

- manufacturing

- technology centers

- business support services

- training centers

- job creation

Investment Incentives

Available for different projects in the form of:

- corporate tax holiday

- direct subsidies

- training and re-training grants

- job creation grants

- R&D expenses deductions

EU financial support:areas of support

╌Development of human resources(training/retraining, etc)

╌Innovation and technological development(incubators, technological platforms, science and technology parks,clusters, industry-academia cooperation, innovation projects, capacitybuildings of R&D centers, etc.)

╌Consultancy services(management consultancy services, quality certification, HR management, etc.)

╌Access to financial resources(venture capital, seed financing, banking services for small & medium-sized enterprises, etc.)

CzechInvest - our services

-- Collect/provide information

-- Identify sites and buildings

-- Find potential suppliers / JV partners

-- Liase with government bodies

-- Handle incentives applications

-- Administer Structural Funds

-- Provide aftercare services

-- All our services are free of charge

╌ People

╌ Infrastructure

╌ Cost efficiency

╌ Market

╌ Strong partners

WHY the Czech Republic ?

… nice place