NEWS


23.12.2009
Kovintrade Group Business Conference 2009

On 22 Dec 2009 the Kovintrade Group held its annual business conference in Celje, where the reports on business operations of the group in 2009 were presented by the Management Board members of Kovintrade d.d. Celje, by the managerial staff of the company as well as by the managers of the subsidiary companies and representations. The conference also included the presentation of business plans for the year 2010.


19.12.2008
Annual business conference

On 19 Dec 2008 the Kovintrade Group held its annual business conference, where the reports on business operations of the group in 2008 were presented by the Management Board members of Kovintrade d.d. Celje, by the managerial staff of the company as well as by the managers of the subsidiary companies and representations. The business operations in the year 2008 were considered to have been very good. The conference also included the presentation of business plans for the year 2009.


20.06.2008
Opening of the new warehouse centre Kovintrade in Frydlant, Czech Republic

Kovintrade Praha spol. s.r.o., a subsidiary company, built a new metallurgical warehouse & logistic centre in Frydlant near the triple border between Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. The opening took place on 19 June 2008.

Basic information on investment:

• value: 5.4 million EUR, project financed by Kovintrade Praha
• main contractor: construction company Tomek, Olomouc
• duration of works: from Apr 2007 to Apr 2008
• surface: 7,500 sq metres of warehouse facilities, 800 sq metres of business factilities
• 40,000 sq metres of land owned by Kovintrade
• capacity: 8,000 t
• equipment: three cranes, saw for vertical and horizontal cutting
• employees: 31

The significance of "Frydlant" investment for Kovintrade Praha and Kovintrade Group:

• further establishing and strengthening of market position to maintain and increase their share in trade
• regional project to supply buyers in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland (corporate project)
• pursuing of strategic goal - improvement of services rendered to buyers

Czech Republic is considered the most important export market of Kovintrade, whereas the subsidiary Kovintrade Praha the most important and the biggest subsidiary within the trading network of Kovintrade Group.