
Škoda Auto has an outstanding position in the Czech economy and is one of the largest and most prominent Czech businesses producing over half a million cars every year, with revenue of over two hundred billion Czech crowns.
In the Czech Republic alone, Škoda Auto employs more than 23,000 employees. With more than a 7% export share, Škoda Auto is the leading exporter in the
Czech Republic. It has over 260 Czech subcontractors of components and services and is one of the largest corporate income tax payers in the Czech Republic. Škoda Auto complies with recognized ethical standards, i.e. the company administrative and management code and an employee conduct code. The great transparency of the company is borne out by regular independent audits, regular financial statements and regularly published annual reports of a high standard.
The dynamic development at Škoda Auto, its successful expansion on world markets and the quality of its products on offer is based on the close consumer-supplier relations which the company has built up through its long-term partnerships and intensive collaboration over the innovation and development of new products. It is the aim of the company to continually strengthen its competitiveness and to enhance the quality of the products that
it has on offer by coming up to the motto of the company founders - Messrs Laurin and Klement, that "only the best that we can do is good enough for our customers." Škoda cars are not only produced in the Czech Republic, but also in Ukraine, India, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, China and Russia, where vehicles are assembled from parts and components sent from the Czech Republic. Most vehicles are currently produced per year at Solomonov in Ukraine and Aurangabad in India.
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