Pilsen Region Business News

The Pilsen Region Business News (originally Invest in the Pilsen Region and Investments in the Pilsen Region Newsletter) has been in publication since 2007 and is issued twice per year. Reporting on news from the Pilsen region, it is distributed mostly electronically in English and Czech. The newsletter is published by the Urban Planning and Development Institute of the City of Pilsen and World Trade Center Pilsen in cooperation with the Pilsen Region, Regional Development Agency of the Pilsen Region, BIC Pilsen and CzechInvest – Regional Office for the Pilsen Region.

Contents of issue 1/2021

• News from the Pilsen Region’s Smart Accelerator II project
• New technologies rule the world – interlinking activities; 5G network
• New education programmes tying in to the innovation stratégy
• Crisis or opportunity? How companies fared during the pandemic
• News - you can read that CzechInvest will support over 300 innovative startups in the next seven years, you can Sign up your project for Transfera Technology Day 2021 and City of Pilsen continue in Business vouchers

 

Contents of issue 2/2019

• Biomedical Centre to sign on new leading specialist
• Innovation infrastructure capacity increases again in Pilsen Region
• Professional conferences – a source of innovation
• Smart Specialisation sectors in the Pilsen Region 
• News - Pilsen Business Vouchers 2019; Top Innovator; Surveyor receives award; Family-owned business in Dnešice wins awards

 

Contents of issue 1/2019

• Growing need to strengthen research and business collaboration in the region
• Pilsen aims to expand Science & Technology Park for innovative companies
• VZÚ Plzeň has new Thermal Spray Coating facility
• Amendment to Investment Incentive Act is aimed at value-added investments
• News - Digital revolution: Robot machining – Hammer & chisel or robot?; Retailys.com from Klatovy represented Czech start-ups on business mission to Asia; Werner von Siemens Prize goes to lecturer at Medical Faculty in Pilsen

 

Contents of issue 2/2018

• “Brains” of region reap success in CZ and beyond
• Support for incoming top scientists and students
• City completes next stage in technology park, assists starting businesses 
• R&D infrastructure continues to develop
• News - GTW Bearings s.r.o. declared 2018 Company of the Year for Pilsen region; Pilsen hosted largest regional meeting of innovators; Innovation Marathon; BoostUp Business Innovation Club

 

Contents of issue 1/2018

• BIC constructing facilities for starting entrepreneurs in centre of Pilsen 
• Pilsen startups reap success and target foreign markets
• Lajkni.me searches for young IT talents
• Pilsen Americká – Sirková land use study opens new business opportunities
• News - Public to decide on Pilsen Region Building of the Century; Investment incentives for 74 projects approved in 2017; New Pilsen Region website helps with selecting secondary and vocational schools; Pilsen signed Memorandum of Cooperation with chambers of commerce

 

Contents of issue 2/2017

• Smart solutions sweep through the region
• "R&D is doing well in Pilsen," says official from one of the country´s largest tech companies
• Business mission to the Pilsen Region
• Interest in innovation is rising, professional development opportunities respond
• News – Three Pilsen scientists received prestigious Czech awards this autumn; Research and Testing Institute Pilsen marks 100th anniversary; Startup Weekend to make Pilsen debut

 

Contents of issue 1/2017

• Start-up support programmes launched 
• Enterprise Europe Network helps develop international collaboration for businesses 
• University of West Bohemia in Pilsen - A centre of success in applied research and collaboration with training placements 
• New transfer terminal to open in Pilsen 
• News – Pilsen Region - 3rd largest in numbar of investment projects, Choose your Pilsen Region Building of the Year, First Greater Pilsen ITI calls are launched, CzechInvest and CzechTrade provide services together
  

 

Contents of issue 2/2016

• Pilsen has a new Master Plan
• Digital Skills House in Pilsen forges link between education and practical experience
• Pilsen establishes itself as a Smart City
• Shared service centres represent further development opportunities for Pilsen
• News – Business Vouchers supported first hundred projects, conference about the topic Cybernetic revolution in practice, City of Pilsen has a new logo
  

 

 

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