Despite a 14.2% production dip in 2023, the Czech automotive industry, which still churned out over 1.2 million vehicles and employs nearly a quarter of a million people, remains the roaring engine of the nation's broader industrial landscape.
Key Takeaways
- In 2023, the Czech automotive industry produced 1,209,046 vehicles, a 14.2% decline from 2022 due to supply chain disruptions
- Škoda Auto manufactured 713,000 vehicles in 2023 at its Czech plants in Mladá Boleslav and Kvasiny
- The share of automotive production in Czech industrial output reached 30.1% in 2022
- In 2022, mechanical engineering sector output grew by 4.5% to 450 billion CZK
- Number of machinery manufacturers: 2,800 in Czech Republic 2023
- Exports of machinery: 15.2 billion EUR in 2023
- Electrical equipment production value: 320 billion CZK in 2023
- Exports of electrical machinery: 10.8 billion EUR 2023
- Employment: 120,000 in electrical sector 2022
- Metal products industry turnover: 280 billion CZK in 2023
- Steel production volume: 5.2 million tons in 2022
- Employment in metals: 95,000 workers 2023
- Rubber and plastics production value: 210 billion CZK 2023
- Exports: 6.7 billion EUR plastics products 2023
- Employment: 75,000 in sector 2022
While facing 2023 production declines, Czech industry remains heavily anchored in automotive and machinery manufacturing.
Automotive
- In 2023, the Czech automotive industry produced 1,209,046 vehicles, a 14.2% decline from 2022 due to supply chain disruptions
- Škoda Auto manufactured 713,000 vehicles in 2023 at its Czech plants in Mladá Boleslav and Kvasiny
- The share of automotive production in Czech industrial output reached 30.1% in 2022
- Czech Republic exported automotive products worth 21.5 billion EUR in 2023
- Employment in the Czech automotive sector stood at 242,000 workers in 2022
- Average wage in automotive industry was 48,200 CZK monthly in Q4 2023
- Capacity utilization in Czech car plants was 78% in 2023, down from 92% in 2021
- Number of automotive companies in Czech Republic: 1,200 in 2023
- Electric vehicle production in Czech auto sector: 15,200 units in 2023
- Hyundai in Nošovice produced 265,000 cars in 2023
- TPCA (Toyota-Peugeot) plant output: 178,000 vehicles in 2023
- Automotive R&D expenditure in Czechia: 2.1 billion EUR in 2022
- Share of women in automotive workforce: 28% in 2023
- Czech auto parts exports to Germany: 12.3 billion EUR in 2023
- Number of electric charging stations for industry fleet: 5,200 in 2023
- Decline in engine production: 22% in 2023 to 1.1 million units
- Automotive cluster membership: 450 companies in 2023
- Productivity per worker in auto sector: 1.2 million CZK/year in 2022
- Investment in auto plant expansions: 15 billion CZK in 2023
- Share of hybrid vehicles in production: 18% in 2023
- Automotive turnover: 650 billion CZK in 2022
- Number of apprentices in auto sector: 12,500 in 2023
- Export share to EU: 85% of auto products in 2023
- CO2 emissions from auto production: 4.2 million tons in 2022
- Digitalization index in auto factories: 65% in 2023 survey
- Supplier network size: 3,500 companies for Skoda in 2023
- Vehicle export value: 18.7 billion EUR in 2023
- Regional concentration: 70% production in Central Bohemia 2023
- Safety incident rate in auto plants: 2.1 per 100 workers 2023
- New model launches impact: +5% production boost in 2023
Automotive Interpretation
While coughing on the dust from disrupted supply chains, the Czech automotive heart—still pumping a formidable 30% of the nation’s industrial output—showed its resilience by exporting over 21 billion euros in vehicles and parts, even as its production pulse weakened by 14% and its factories idled at 78% capacity.
Electrical Equipment
- Electrical equipment production value: 320 billion CZK in 2023
- Exports of electrical machinery: 10.8 billion EUR 2023
- Employment: 120,000 in electrical sector 2022
- Siemens Czech turnover: 45 billion CZK 2023
- Share of renewables equipment: 25% production 2023
- R&D investment: 1.2 billion EUR 2022
- Number of firms: 1,500 electrical manufacturers 2023
- Average wage: 47,500 CZK/month 2023
- Export to Poland: 1.5 billion EUR 2023
- Transformer production: 12,000 units 2023
- Automation systems output growth: 7% in 2023
- Energy-efficient motors share: 60% 2023
- Cluster size: 250 companies 2023
- Patent filings: 800 in electrical 2022
- FDI: 3.2 billion EUR 2020-2023
- Robot integration rate: 55% factories 2023
- Production decline 2022: -2.1% due to energy crisis
- Cable production: 150,000 km 2023
- Smart grid tech adoption: 40% utilities 2023
- Women employment share: 32% 2023
- Turnover: 340 billion CZK 2023
- Export share EU: 82% 2023
- Training programs: 5,200 apprentices 2023
- CO2 footprint reduction: 18% 2019-2023
- Regional output: Plzen 28% electrical 2023
- Investment in semiconductors: 2 billion CZK 2023
Electrical Equipment Interpretation
Czech electrical engineers are powering Europe with transformers and green-tech dreams, all while deftly navigating energy crises and proving that 120,000 people, 1,500 firms, and a healthy dose of R&D can turn 340 billion CZK into a surprisingly nimble and innovative industrial powerhouse.
Mechanical Engineering
- In 2022, mechanical engineering sector output grew by 4.5% to 450 billion CZK
- Number of machinery manufacturers: 2,800 in Czech Republic 2023
- Exports of machinery: 15.2 billion EUR in 2023
- Employment in machinery sector: 180,000 in 2022
- Average productivity: 950,000 CZK per employee in 2023
- R&D spending in engineering: 1.8 billion EUR 2022
- Share in total exports: 12% from machinery in 2023
- Turnover growth: 6.2% in 2023 to 480 billion CZK
- Number of patents in machinery: 1,200 filed in 2022
- Investment in new equipment: 25 billion CZK in 2023
- Export to Slovakia: 2.1 billion EUR machinery 2023
- Energy efficiency improvement: 15% in sector 2018-2023
- SMEs share: 85% of machinery firms in 2023
- Digital twin adoption: 42% factories in 2023
- Wage average: 45,100 CZK/month Q4 2023
- Production of turbines: 450 units in 2023
- Cluster members: 350 in engineering clusters 2023
- Decline due to Ukraine war: -3% output 2022
- Robot density: 180 per 10,000 workers 2023
- Export growth to Asia: 8% in 2023
- Number of trade fairs participants: 1,200 Czech firms MSV 2023
- Customization rate: 65% of machinery orders 2023
- CO2 reduction target achievement: 20% by 2023
- Apprenticeship programs: 8,500 trainees 2023
- FDI inflow to sector: 4.5 billion EUR 2018-2023
- Output per region: Moravia 35% of machinery 2023
Mechanical Engineering Interpretation
Czech machinery isn't just cranking out widgets for Slovakia; it's an impressively productive, surprisingly nimble, and increasingly digital export powerhouse that cleverly overcomes geopolitical hiccups while keeping its beer-brewing skills sharp.
Metal Products
- Metal products industry turnover: 280 billion CZK in 2023
- Steel production volume: 5.2 million tons in 2022
- Employment in metals: 95,000 workers 2023
- Exports of metal products: 9.5 billion EUR 2023
- ArcelorMittal Ostrava output: 3.8 million tons steel 2023
- Average wage: 44,800 CZK/month 2023
- Recycling rate of metals: 88% in 2022
- Number of metal firms: 2,200 in 2023
- Investment in green steel: 10 billion CZK 2023
- Export to Germany: 3.2 billion EUR 2023
- Aluminum production: 45,000 tons 2023
- Energy consumption: 12 TWh for metals 2022
- SME dominance: 90% firms under 250 employees 2023
- Patents in metallurgy: 450 in 2022
- Decline in output: -5% in 2023 due to demand drop
- Cluster participation: 200 companies 2023
- Productivity growth: 3.2% annual 2020-2023
- CO2 emissions: 9 million tons 2022
- Apprentices: 4,100 in metals 2023
- Regional share: Moravia-Silesia 55% 2023
- FDI in sector: 2.8 billion EUR 2021-2023
- Digitalization level: 38% 2023 survey
- Turnover growth: 2.1% 2023
- Export growth rate: 4% to non-EU 2023
- Safety rate: 3.5 incidents/100 workers 2023
Metal Products Interpretation
The Czech metal industry, a formidable but cautious beast, is a 280-billion-crown engine of exports and green ambition, yet it walks a tightrope between its productive might and the sobering realities of high energy use, declining demand, and the urgent need to temper its nine-million-ton carbon footprint.
Rubber and Plastics
- Rubber and plastics production value: 210 billion CZK 2023
- Exports: 6.7 billion EUR plastics products 2023
- Employment: 75,000 in sector 2022
- Tire production: 28 million units 2023
- Average wage: 42,300 CZK/month 2023
- Recycling plastics: 45% rate 2022
- Number of companies: 1,100 2023
- Continental Czech tire plant: 12 million tires 2023
- R&D spend: 800 million EUR 2022
- Bio-based plastics share: 8% production 2023
- Export to France: 900 million EUR 2023
- Polymer production: 650,000 tons 2023
- Energy use: 4.5 TWh 2022
- SMEs: 92% of firms 2023
- Patents: 350 in plastics 2022
- Growth rate: 5.5% output 2023
- Cluster firms: 180 2023
- Productivity: 780,000 CZK/employee 2023
- CO2 reduction: 12% 2020-2023
- Apprenticeships: 3,200 2023
- Regional: South Moravia 30% 2023
- FDI: 1.9 billion EUR 2022-2023
- Automation rate: 52% 2023
- Turnover: 220 billion CZK 2023
- Export EU share: 78% 2023
- Safety incidents: 1.8/100 workers 2023
- Investment in recycling tech: 5 billion CZK 2023
Rubber and Plastics Interpretation
While its formidable industrial heart pumps out everything from millions of tires to polymer streams feeding half of Europe, the Czech plastics sector is also quietly threading the needle of the future, innovating on recyclability and bioplastics despite the stubborn grip of its carbon footprint.
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