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Czech premiere: ELEKTROTRANS built the first shielded 400 kV mast in “live transmission”
For the first time ever, a so-called shielded mast will appear on a 400 kV line in the Czech Republic. The first four gantries were erected on the new V487/488 line near Kadan. A different type of mast will allow it to "fit" between the existing lines, one of which is then undercut.
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I was looking for an investor who keeps and develops companies, says InfoTel founder about the merger with VINCI Energies
At the end of October, the VINCI Energies group made one of the most significant acquisitions in the Czech Republic in recent years - it took control of InfoTel in Brno. Its founder, Pavel Košt'ál, explains why he chose VINCI Energies and how he sees the future of the company he founded in 1992.
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Seventy meters above the ground. See the OMEXOM GA Energo order in the Netherlands
OMEXOM GA Energo installers, who have been working on a job in the Dutch province of Groningen since November, are working at heights of up to 70 metres.
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15 years of NDIC: a milestone in projects for the Road and Motorway Directorate
One of the key projects in the modern history of VARS BRNO - the National Transport Information Centre - celebrated its fifteenth anniversary in autumn 2023. The project, which established a successful cooperation with the Road and Motorway Directorate, represented an exceptional challenge. VARS BRNO supplied technical equipment for the newly established centre based in Ostrava, but above all it developed a completely new control system, which was in successful operation until 2017.
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InfoTel, acquired by VINCI Energies Group, enters the telecommunications infrastructure field in the Czech Republic 
InfoTel in Brno is now owned by the multinational company VINCI Energies. The acquisition of a primary provider of professional services in the construction and operation field of telecommunications networks strengthens its presence in the Czech Republic and expands its activities into a new area.
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S&T CZ was renamed Axians Czech Republic s.r.o.
On 18 September 2023, S&T companies in Poland, Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Serbia, Slovakia, North Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro were renamed Axians, the ICT brand of the VINCI Energies Group.
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Environment Day at VINCI Energies: See How the Czech Republic Got Involved
"Act local, impact global." That's the motto of VINCI Energies' Environment Day. It points out that big things are often the result of small actions by individuals. Since 2020, this idea has been commemorated by all Group employees on 22 September.
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25 years ELEKTROTRANS Company’s celebration
This year ELEKTROTRANS celebrates an incredible 25 years since its foundation. They thank all employees and business partners for their support and look forward to many more successful years together.
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KASTT produced a heat exchanger with serial number 30 000
In March this year, we produced a rotary heat exchanger with a production number of 30,000.
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Measurements on the Sázava River show the sediment extraction progress
In recent weeks, the VARS BRNO team has been finding out how the mining works at the mouth of the Sázava River are progressing by using a system that was developed according to VARS BRNO's design. It can quickly and accurately create a model of the bottom of the watercourse and monitor sediments and underwater structures.
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OMEXOM GA Energo completed the reconstruction of the Pražačka transformer station
Since January 2017, the reconstruction of the Pražačka transformer station in Prague Vysočany has been in operation without any significant limitations. The project and reconstruction were provided by OMEXOM GA Energo for the investor PREdistribuce, a.s.
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OMEXOM GA Energo opens the first year of summer school for students of electrical engineering
OMEXOM GA Energo opens the first year of the Summer School for students of universities focused on energy and electrical engineering. The programme will include lectures by experts from abroad, a visit to the training centre in Korbussen, Germany, and a tour of the substation.
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Preparing for the season: how to tune a CleveRA Car
The first 5,775 lane-kilometres of measured roads and 1,344 lane-kilometres of motorways have been measured by the CleveRA Car from VARS BRNO in the 2023 season.
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S&T brought a new product to ISSS 2023
The next-generation electronic filing service was introduced at the 25th ISSS.
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S&T CZ has become part of Axians’ SAP Partner Grouping Agreement (PGA) as of May 2023
Joining the PGA extends the scope of S&T CZ's competencies from the original S&T group to the SAP competencies of the entire Axians group.
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S&T defended the title of the best service partner of 2022
S&T defended the title of the best HP service partner again this year. Miroslav Bečka, CEO of S&T CZ, received the award for S&T CZ.
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The great Prague cleanup. VARS system will cover telematics data
To get more than 150 thousand telematic devices spread around Prague into one "list"–this is the goal of the project Technical Inspection of Telematic Assets, which VARS BRNO is currently implementing at the Prague road administrator TSK Praha.
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The new generation dispatching centre for České Budějovice goes into test operation
The new traffic information and control centre will combine information from several sources in one place–the dispatching centre will be operated jointly by municipal police officers and transport company employees.
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Tomas Miniberger as a guest of the broadcast Rozstřel on idnes.cz
The CEO of VARS BRNO, Tomáš Miniberger, was a guest on the programme Rozstřel on iDNES.cz.
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Zdeněk Židek | OMEXOM: We want employees to have safety in their DNA
OMEXOM GA Energo celebrates 30 years on the market this year. On this occasion, we present an interview with CEO Zdeněk Židek, one of the co-founders, in 1993.
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VARS mobile liner helps on D1 near Brno
Three sets of mobile line control, supplied by VARS BRNO to the Road and Motorway Directorate, are now starting to help with traffic control on a critical section of the D1 motorway and the connecting section of the D2 motorway near Brno.
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