Summary of the offered services in English
The consulting
office of Dr.-Ing. Ales Zahradnicek offers professional support to technically
oriented companies in a wide field of business activities:
Foreign trade development, including:
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Market entry consultancy for business development in Central and Eastern Europe, especially in the Czech and Slovak Republics
- Identification and appraisal of joint venture business partners to client-specified criteria
- Full-scale support in establishing new businesses, including identification of the most suitable greenfield/brownfield sites
- Assessment of applicable tax relief and/or other subsidies for the setting up of new businesses in the Czech or Slovak Republics
- Temporary/short-term management functions in the Czech and Slovak Republics
- Marketing preparation for export to/import from Central and Eastern Europe
- Preparation of, or complete design and delivery of, German- or Czech-language technical
product brochures
Technical and
process development
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Development of special machines
- Product design improvement
- Improvement of processes to stabilize quality or increase output
Product
application support
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Compilation of relevant data and writing of product application manuals in
German or Czech
Efficiency
increase in production facilities
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through unit cost reduction
- through energy cost reduction
- through product value increase
- through productivity increase
General management
and supervision of management
Dr. Zahradnicek has a strong and proven track record in
the areas listed, with a wide portfolio of successful projects completed in many different countries.
Personal data: Born in Brno,
former Czechoslovakia. Since 1976 naturalized German citizen.
Languages: German,
English, Czech, Russian
Education
: Mechanical engineering at the Technical University in Brno (1968). Postgraduate
studies in Powder Technology at the University of Karlsruhe/Germany. PhD
in July 1976.
Professional
activities as an employee (1977-1990):
Weinheim / Germany:
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Technical development and applied research into different processes applied to
the production of rubber and plastics
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Technical manager of a plant producing speciality non-wovens.
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Energy cost reduction in two plants by application of value analysis
Madison
/ USA:
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Technical advisor within an US-subsidiary of the above-mentioned German company.
- Major improvement
in cost structure by means of technical development, by design and implementation
of special machinery and by overall cost reduction (3 years)
Waldshut
/ Germany:
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Management of the Research and Development Department
- Joint planning development and implementation of marketing strategies.
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Secured several patents for improvement of abrasive grain performance; re-construction
of a production line for microgrits for grinding purposes.
Aarau-Buchs
/ Switzerland:
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Design and management of plants for a production of inorganic powders
Freelance
consultant since 1991
Larger scale
projects
1. Development of a business with a newly-established mineral filler
product line for an Austrian mining company.
Achievements:
Set-up
of product range in close co-operation with major customers, production
cost reduction, writing of a technical manual for sales personnel, selection of
trading companies as representatives in several foreign countries, training of
sales personnel, strategic planning.
2.
Evaluation of market potential in ten Eastern European Countries for a well-known German producer of white pigments.
Achievements:
Detailed information on
market volume and quality, suppliers and prices.
3.
Identification of a Czech chemical production plant as a joint-venture partner
for a German producer of speciality water- and waste water treatment chemicals.
4. Development of
a business with talc fillers (scheduled annual volume 10,000 tonnes) as a
temporary project manager.
5. Technical
improvement of an existing facility for cryogenic grinding of high-value rubber compounds.
6. Successful search for a suitable Eastern European production facility for the
large volume supply of electromechanical parts.
Negotiations with companies in Baltic Countries, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
7.
Market research and development of new markets in the Czech and Slovak Republics
in the field of speciality-insulation materials for applications in the
electro-industry.
8.
Development of specialty equipment, technology development and design
improvement of machine parts for a smaller sized company
9. Set-up and start-up of Czech-based
companies for German shareholders.
10. Temporary functions as General Manager of two Czech-based companies