ABOUT THE COMPANY
MOTOR JIKOV Slévárna litiny a.s. originates from the former MOTOR JIKOV company. The company is continuing the more than one hundred-year tradition of gray iron casting in České Budějovice; gray iron casting on the site dates back to 1899. Since then the foundry has been reconstructed and technologically updated several times. In 2004, a modern DISAMATIC sand moulding line was installed with a frame size of 538 x 650 mm.
The company specialises in the manufacture and sale of gray and ductile cast iron and patterns for in-house use. Two thirds of production is destined for export with the main markets being Italy and Germany. The main customers are Electrolux, Bondioli, Bonfiglioli&Ocap and, in the Czech Republic, Elektroporcelán Louny, MOTOCO, and Agrostroj Pelhřimov. The company is EN ISO 9001:2000 certified. It has 100 core employees and additionally employs approximately 70 agency staff.
The company is part of the MOTOR JIKOV Group a.s., which represents four engineering and foundry joint-stock companies in South Bohemia. The Group has approximately 1,100 employees with a turnover of CZK 1.5 billion (2006). The companies significantly contribute to the inflow of foreign investment into the region. A large proportion of production is destined for export. The companies mainly specialise in: automotive components and accessories for passenger cars and lorries, aluminium and zinc alloy die cast parts, gray and ductile cast iron parts, purpose-built machine tools, assembling tools, injection moulds for metal, riveting tools, small agricultural machinery, and cleaning machines. In early 2007 the names of all the companies were unified with every company’s name starting with “MOTOR JIKOV”.