Technical Department

The Technical Department the Company located in Nehvizdy is subordinated to the Technical Department Manager. In its activities, it is divided into three separately operating groups, which are mutually connected in their activity on some projects, where they closely collaborate. Each group has its manager, who coordinates its activity.

1. “FACILITY MANAGEMENT” Group

Ensures operation of the central warehouse as well as operation of all warehouses of the Company within the Czech Republic. It performs all investment projects which the Company carries out in their warehouses, ranging from building permissions, securing technical documentation, selection of suppliers to the actual completion of construction and approval. It rents out and repairs all handling equipment, operates, controls and repairs refrigerating technologies of warehouses, all repairs and maintenance of buildings, removal and recording of wastes, including all reports to the competent authorities, cleaning of both the internal and external premises. It monitors and secures completion of all regular revisions in the buildings. It keeps records of the completed revisions and works.

2. “TECHNOLOGICAL” Group

Secures operation and maintenance of the packing equipment and technology. In its activity, it looks after error-free operation of all types of packing machines, printers of labels and cards. Maintenance staff are continuously available (telephone service) for removal of defects occurred at night time. It takes part in selection procedures for new technologies which it jointly installs in its warehouses. Quality training for this technological equipment is a priority as well. It secures all technical documentation of installed equipment, it keeps records and updates them.

3. “PACKING MATERIAL AND METROLOGY” Group

t ensures purchase of packing material for the entire company (for instance, plates, trays, net knitwear, raschel knitwear, foils, bags, labels etc.) It uses its experience and knowledge of the market for purchase of the highest quality products. It secures technical documentation of purchased products, monitors performing examinations and analyses of materials. In its activity, it secures production of cardboard boxes of different dimensions, both on internal machine for gluing and production of cartons. With these products, it secures operation in business activities of the Company and, if the capacity allows, it provides them to other organisations as a service. The manager of this group is appointed by the Company metrologist. In its working activities, it is supposed to look after metrological examination of machines, scales and all systems used in the Company.

Investment construction is a separate area of the activity of the technical department, which is personally monitored by the technical department manager, who manages this construction, is a direct partner of contractors and coordinates this activity in collaboration with the Company management.

The technical department staff are in permanent touch with the individual managers of all the warehouses and coordinate their requirements in all specified fields. In addition, in collaboration with the quality manager, they ensure all activities necessary for problem-free security of activities related to the operation of warehouses, which are holders of quality certificates.

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