Czech
Aerospace
Mission
May 15–19
List of Delegates
Foreword
I am thrilled to be part of this project and privileged to give my auspices to this mission. The Czech Aerospace sector can fly high. We have history in manufacturing excellence and are one of the largest producers of light sports aircrafts in the world. Our companies have aerostructure programs with global market leaders. According to the
fDi Intelligence Benchmark we were the fourth most specialized economy in aerospace (by number of companies per 100,000 inhabitants) after the US, UK, Germany, and a bit above Canada. We have world class aerospace R&D centers. The Czech Republic is an ESA member state and home to the GNSS Agency. Companies that come to Canada for the occasion of this mission represent a taste of the different areas in this sector in the Czech Republic: from R&D through production of composite materials, fuel systems and hydraulics, sophisticated radar systems.
I am glad that I can be with them as both flying and Canada are passions that have marked my personal life and career.
Mr Vladimír Bärtl, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade
Vladimír Bärtl
Mr Vladimír Bärtl, born on the 14th of July 1965 in Liberec, is married and has three sons and
a daughter. He completed his secondary schooling in 1983. In 1988 he graduated from the Czech Technical University in Prague with specialization in Geodesy and Cartography. In the period from 1989 to 1993 Mr Bärtl worked in Geodézie ČS, a.s. and gained professional experience in geographic information systems in Paris. He co—founded the firm HOUDEK s.r.o., focused on metrology and transfer of technologies. Mr Bärtl joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1999 and he worked at the Czech Embassy in Ottawa from 2000 to 2004. After that he was adviser to the Vice Minister of Industry and Trade from 2004 to 2006. Mr Bärtl worked at the Czech Embassy in Paris from 2006 to 2010. He co—organized the “Czech and French Economic Year” during the successive French and Czech Presidency in EU. He was a team member for the localization of the Galileo Managing Centre to Prague. After that in 2010 he was involved in commercial projects of the company BCM Control s.r.o., and successively in 2011 he acted as a representative of the Minister of Industry and Trade for international commercial competitiveness and for promotion of Czech commercial interests abroad. Mr Vladimír Bärtl was named Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Trade as of 15th March 2014. He manages the Section of European Union and Foreign Trade. Mr Bärtl is an amateur pilot with Canadian and European private pilot license (SEP land + VFR night).
Ministry of Industry and Trade
The Ministry of Industry and Trade is the central body of the government administration involved in:
+ / the National Industry Policy, the Energy / the areas of Manufacturing Industry and ofPolicy, the Trade Policy in the context of / Industrial Research and Development including
the European Common Market, the Export / the use of European funds
Promotion Policy / + / promotion of Small and Medium—Sized
+ / business and Investment Promotion in / Companies with the exception of regional
business support and trading matters
+technical standardization, metrology and state quality control
+industrial research, engineering and technology development
Josef Kašpar
Josef Kašpar is Board Chairman and General Director of national Aerospace Research and Test Establishment (VZLÚ), and President of Association of the Czech Aerospace Industry (ALV). He graduated from Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; specialized training in aircraft design. His professional career started in 1994 as a technical designer of aircraft propellers and a researcher with focus on light weight composite structures, technologies and materials and then his ability continuously grew via top management positions. He shares his broad experience not only within the professional research and technology community, but also within the industrial community as a board member of ASD (Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe), Expert Group member of Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic etc. Furthermore, he is Vice Chairman of EREA (European Association of Research Establishments in Aeronautics), presidium member of AVO (Czech Association of Research Organizations), and a member of the Scientific Council at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague.
VZLÚ / Disciplines and scope:Aerospace Research and Test Establishment (VZLÚ) is a national center for research, / + / aerodynamics
development and testing in aeronautics and space. The main mission of VZLÚ is / + / strength and durability of structures
to generate new knowledge, transfer it into industrial practice and to provide its / + / composite materials and technologies
partners with the maximum support in the development of new products. As a multi-
+ / turbine engines
discipline research organization, VZLÚ exploits synergic effects and also contributes
+ / corrosion engineering and surface treatment
to the progress of the automotive, rail, defence, security and power industry and civil
engineering. VZLÚ collaborates closely with similar organizations throughout Europe / + / satellite equipment and space scientific instruments
to provide feed-back necessary for its continuous development. / + / accredited testing
+ / limited production
The Association of the Czech AeroSpace Industry
The Association of the Czech AeroSpace Industry (ALV) was established in 1996 as a non-political, non-government association of Czech companies and other legal entities involved in research, design & development, production, trade and marketing of aviation and space products and services. Since its foundation, the ALV has been a partner of various government or non-government industry and science organizations. The ALV is a full member of the ASD (Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe). The ALV currently associates most of aviation and space companies in the Czech Republic.
Member companies within the aerospace sector cover the whole spectrum of skills from design and development to production and maintenance of complete aircraft. Also, subcontractors are fully capable to deliver various parts and appliances – and most of their production is integrated into programs of global market leaders (Airbus, Boeing etc...).
Capabilities
Final products: / Parts: / Cooperation:+ commuter aeroplanes (L 410 UVP/NG, / + / landing gears / + / aerostructures – assemblies (airframes, airframe
EV-55) / + / fuel systems and parts / sections, tail units, control surfaces, wings and wing
+ sport and Utility aircraft, RPAS / + / air condition systems / parts) and subassemblies (metal as well as composite)
+ / hydraulic systems and parts
+ jet and turboprop engines, APUs / + / precision casting
+ / electronic systems (ECU/FADEC, Structural monitoring
+ variable pitch propellers / + / precision machining
systems, Multifunction displays; special software)
+ / engineering
+ on-board instruments and systems
+ / flight recorders / + / testing etc.
+ satellite on board equipment etc.
Luboš Vágner
Luboš Vágner graduated from the Faculty of Transportation Sciences at the Czech Technical University in Prague. After starting his career at the Civil Aviation Authority of the Czech Republic, he worked in the MINURSO mission air operation under the United Nations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
In 2008, Luboš joined the Jihostroj company as a project manager and since 2011 he has been the Commercial Manager of the Aerospace Division.
JIHOSTROJ
Jihostroj a.s is a company with a tradition that goes back to 1919, with the start of aeronautical production in 1936. Jihostroj owns the whole production cycle, including its own R&D department, with product qualification and certification activities. The key manufacturing technologies of the company include: parts manufacturing; special processes (heat treatment, surface treatment, painting); inspection, including NDT; subassembly and final assembly; production acceptance testing.
Quality and environmental system meets ISO 9001:2000, EN/AS9100 Rev. C, NADCAP, ISO 14 000, ISO 50 001 and EASA Part 21, EASA Part 145 standards and FAA Repair station, and it is audited on a regular basis by certification bodies, Civil Aviation Authority/EASA, military supervisory organizations, as well as major customers. Besides this, Jihostroj obtained a number of approvals from major global aerospace manufacturers.
The Aerospace Division specializes in research, development, production, sales and aftermarket of the following product groups:
+fuel control systems and fuel pumps for turboprop and turbofan engines categories for General Aviation and Small Regional Transport
+fuel control systems for Auxiliary Power Units for aircraft and helicopter
+propeller control systems (governors, overspeed protection etc.) for piston and turboprop engines
+airframe fuel system components (fuel management) for aircraft of category up to Small Regional Transport
+built-to-Print and Built-to-Specification programs
Jakub Thomas
Jakub Thomas, a Senior Sales Manager / Deputy Head of Sales at ERA, is connected for almost one decade to the international business focusing on the solutions for the Air Traffic Management and Military segment. He has moved across various sales positions within the organization starting from a technical sales role to the Head of Business Development Department.
Jakub graduated from Transport Management, Marketing and Logistics at the University of Pardubice.
ERA
ERA a.s. (a member of OMNIPOL Group) is a pioneer and leading supplier of next-generation surveillance and flight tracking solutions for the Air Traffic Management, Airport Operations and Military segment.
ERA has built a proud heritage delivering surveillance systems, based on multilateration principle, for Air Traffic Control managed by Air Navigation Service Providers. Apart from systems for the civil sector, ERA has developed a unique passive surveillance and reconnaissance system VERA-NG - an essential part of any modern defence surveillance network and advanced border protection.
In addition to the surveillance sensors for Air Traffic Management and Military field, ERA has been continuously extending its product portfolio by additional “more than sensor” solutions such as Command and Control system, Air Traffic Management System, Record and Replay, Aeronautical Information Management System, Simulation Tools and so forth over the last few years.
Company target segments
+surveillance and reconnaissance within Air Defence and Electronic Intelligence Customer: Ministry of Defence
+surveillance within the Air Traffic Control
Customer: Air Navigation Service Provider, Airport Operators
Richard Pavlica
Dr. Richard Pavlica graduated in 1999 from the Brno University of Technology (Textile, Leather, Rubber and Plastic Materials Technology) and got his Ph.D. from Tomas Bata University in Zlin in 2003 (Technology of Macromolecular Substances). The topic of his first Ph.D. thesis was “Curing of Polymer Matrix of Composites”. Since 2003, he has worked at 5M as a project manager. He has been in charge of several national grants and projects of EU structural funds, 7FP and ESA. He specializes in thermoset kinetics of curing, thermosets testing methods and heat transfer process during composite part production and heat-dissipation characteristics of final composite parts. This was also the topic of his second Ph.D. thesis defended in 2012. He also successfully passed the European Adhesive Engineer course at the Fraunhofer Institute in Bremen in 2015. Currently, he is a member of the executive board responsible for business development and is active as a member of the managing board of the Czech Space Alliance.
5MProducts and references:
The 5M company was established in 1992. It is active in the field of development and / + aircraft interior panels (Airbus, Antonov, Aircraft Industries)
manufacture of adhesives, composite and sandwich materials. 5M concentrates on / + composites and adhesives for space applications (Airbus Defence
advanced applications and special products. Its customers include companies in the / and Space, Thales Alenia Space)
sector of ground vehicle transportation (trains, buses, trams), the aircraft industry,
+ adhesives and resins for aircraft producers (Antonov, Aero Vodochody,
as well as manufacturers of electronic components and certified sporting equipment.
Diamond Aircraft)
The space application of composite and adhesives is also a significant activity of 5M.
All products are developed in the company’s own R&D Department, into which about / + composite parts for buses and trains (Bombardier, Siemens, Iveco)
8 % of the annual turnover is invested. 5M is certified according to ISO 9001 and
AS/EN 9100.
Eva Bartoňová / Matyáš Pelant / Josef Dvořáček / David Müller
Project Manager for Research / Head of Americas Unit, EU and Foreign / Counsellor, Head of Trade / Head of Economic and Trade Section
and Development / Trade Section / and Economic Section / Consulate General of the Czech Republic
CzechInvest / Ministry of Industry and Trade / Embassy of the Czech Republic / in Toronto
of the Czech Republic
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