Driving Excellence: Grupo Antolin’s Automotive at CTPark Ostrava

In 2008, the company expanded operations to CTPark Ostrava to fulfil new contracts for the nearby Hyundai assembly plant in Nošovice, and the Kia assembly plant in nearby Žilina, Slovakia. To keep pace with the growing volume and diversification of its business with new customers including Porsche, Audi and GM, the company currently operates two facilities at CTPark Ostrava with a total of over 18,000 m2 of custom-built manufacturing space.“Czech operations are key for Grupo Antolin,” explains Christian Schröder, the General Manager of Grupo Antolin’s operations at CTPark Ostrava. “The Czech market is very important for us in the central European zone.”

Innovative Manufacturing

At CTPark Ostrava, Grupo Antolin operates state-of-theart, highly sophisticated manufacturing and just-in-time (JIT) assembly processes where the consistent focus is on quality control. In addition to the production of headliner systems, Grupo Antolin also provides JIT assembly and sequencing of headliners from CTPark Ostrava for 100% of output at Hyundai’s Nošovice plant. This requires a high degree of flexibility and sophisticated tracking systems to ensure that each automobile is equipped with the exact, specific headliner system. To achieve the high degree of accuracy required, the company makes use of robots and automated PLC equipment. Thanks to the large number of skilled graduates in Ostrava, the company is able to hire locally for all positions, including engineers, quality controllers, and logistics managers.