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VÚKV A.S. – RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT

AND TESTING OF ROLLING STOCK

VÚKV is a Czech joint-stock company based in Prague which owns an experimental

testing laboratory (accredited testing laboratory no. 1085) at the Railway

Testing Circuit in Cerhenice (50 km east of Prague). It can boast

an almost 170-year-long tradition of research, development

and production of rail vehicles in Prague

and the Czech Republic.

The Škoda 35T trams, in the construction of which

the company played a significant role,

are successful in the German city of Chemnitz.

The company's activities include research,

development and testing of railway vehicles, their parts and other components in

the field of transport engineering. It also

offers advisory and consulting services in

these areas.

The company's customers are domestic

and foreign manufacturers of rail vehicles

and transport equipment, repair facilities,

infrastructure managers, and operators.

The company's goal is to offer complete

project solutions corresponding to the latest technology and resulting in satisfied

customers and users, not only in the

Czech Republic, but also in many other

countries around the world. The activities

of VÚKV a.s. provide a good track record

special 2020

T+T Technika a trh

for the further successful development

of the company in the near and distant future. This fact was appreciated by the

American company Dun & Bradstreet, a

global leader in the provision of economic

and marketing information about business

entities, and VÚKV a.s. was awarded the

highest grade in 2015 which was defended in the following years.

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The company participates in applied research in the fields of bogies, underframe

construction for car bodies, interior vehicle equipment, mechanical parts for drives

and brake systems, the interaction of the

vehicle and the track or the vehicle and

the environment, strength, driving characteristics, as well as test methods and equipment. We work closely with other research and development institutes and

technical universities in the Czech Republic. We participate significantly in research

tasks supported by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic and in projects

within the European Union. VÚKV a.s.

is a corporate member of Interdisziplinärer

Forschungsverbund Bahntechnik e.V. in

Berlin. Experts from VÚKV also give lectures at universities. As part of applied research, many unique test technologies have

been developed at VÚKV, such as instrumented measuring wheelsets or a mobile

rotary calibration bench. Experts from