Supplier producer Dura Automotive CZ had a Kc4.3bn turnover last year, roughly the same as 2008's Kc4.76bn, and its pre-tax profit grew by Kc191m to nearly Kc265m, CFO Marie Harbackova told.

The largest Czech car parts producer Robert Bosch, a unit of a German concern of the same name, nearly doubled its profit to Kc940m last year from about Kc500m in 2006, and its sales rose by 8 percent to Kc9.53bn, according to the company's annual report.

Czech automotive industry will experience large acquisition. French producer of textile material for automotive industry, Michel Thierry Group (MTG) will purchase Fezko. The Antimonopoly Office approved the fusion last week.

The Automotive Industry Association (SAP) and the South Bohemian region will ceremonially sign a contract about cooperation in the field of education on 23 August.

Emergency service in South Bohemia gave preferential treatment to one of the applicants by setting faulty conditions. Antimonopoly office (ÚOHS) set fine for Kč 30,000.