“We managed to build this new plant, which is the most advanced of all Mitas production facilities, in under 12 months,” said Josef Křemeček, Otrokovice and Zlín plant director. “Mitas is committed to using the best available technology, and this makes the new plant one of the most advanced in the world in manufacturing agricultural radial rear tyres,“ added Josef Křemeček.

Mitas managed to move all of the tyre production from its previous facility at the Continental Barum industrial park to the new location near the TOMA industrial park in less than a year. Mitas had to move all of its tyre production from the existing Otrokovice production hall, which it had rented for a limited time from Continental since 2004, when Mitas acquired the agricultural tyre division from Continental. The new plant in Otrokovice makes radial agricultural tyres.

“Thanks to close cooperation and investments made in our other plants, we were able to optimise production capacity so the deliveries to our business partners during the process of transition were not affected,” said Jaroslav Čechura, Mitas' CEO.

Key points on Otrokovice plant:

• On 7 August 2012, the construction of the new production hall started.
• The new hall was completed on 31 May 2013.
• The total area of the new production plant is 24,000 m2. The plot is 78,000 m2.
• First tyre in Otrokovice new plant was cured on 2 July 2013.
• The new facility has a production capacity of 42,000 tons of tyres per year.
• The total investment in the new Otrokovice plant is roughly CZK 1 billion (about EUR 39.8 million).