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Nanotechnologyin the Czech RepublicJiri Fusek, Sector Manager for Nanotechnology

#czechisnano

www.czechnanotechnology.comOctober 27th, 2016

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CzechInvestInvestment and Business Development Agency of the Czech Republic

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Mission• to support foreign direct investment• to develop local companies• to implement business-development programmes• to improve the business environment

1992

Ministry of Industry and Trade

Source: CzechInvest, 2016

CzechInvest3

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• Business intelligence

• Consultancy on available financial support • Identification of business properties• Identification of potential acquisition & JV targets • Sourcing services• Tailor-made visits to the Czech Republic• Liaison with government bodies• Aftercare services

4 Services for Our Clients

All CzechInvest’s services are free of charge.

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ICT

Life Sciences

Materials and Nanotechnologies

Electrical Engineeringand Electronics

R&D

Automotive

Aerospace

Business SupportServices

Energy & Cleantech

Hi-tech Engineering

Source: CzechInvest, 2016

Priority Sectors5

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USA– EastCoastnewyork@czechinvest.org

USA–WestCoast

london@czechinvest.org

UK&Ireland

germany@czechinvest.org

Germany

Scandinaviascandinavia@czechinvest.org

Japantokyo@czechinvest.org

china@czechinvest.org

China– Shanghaicalifornia@czechinvest.org

South Korea

seoul@czechinvest.org

Source: CzechInvest, 2016

CzechInvest Worldwide6

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Nanotechnology in the Czech Republic

Highlights

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8 Overview

Source: CzechInvest, 2016

Industrial traditionGrowing number of companies

Economic competitivenessPositive trends

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• Universities & Academy of Sciences

• New R&D centers

• Business-academia collaboration

• International visibility

9 State-of-the-art R&D Infrastructure

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• Novel production techniques

• Whole supply chain

• Final applications

• Successful commercialization

10 Unique Nanofiber Cluster

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• Tradition since 1940s

• Largest microscope factory

• 30% of global production

• New methods

11 Leader in Electron Microscopy

Source: CzechInvest, 2016

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Thank you for your attention!

Contact us at:

jiri.fusek@czechinvest.orgjan.chmelik@czechinvest.org

www.czechinvest.org