The Czechoslovak Group (CSG) is a Czech industrial-technological

holding company A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies. A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own shares of other companies ...

Activities

The Czechoslovak Group holds shares in more than a hundred companies based mainly in the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

and

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

. The best-known member of the group is the

Kopřivnice Kopřivnice (; german: Nesselsdorf) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 21,000 inhabitants. It is an industrial town, known especially for the vehicle manufacturer Tatra. Administrative parts Villages of ...

-based car manufacturer

Tatra Trucks Tatra is a Czech vehicle manufacturer from Kopřivnice. It is owned by the ''Tatra Trucks'' company, and it is the third oldest company in the world producing cars with an unbroken history. The company was founded in 1850 as ''Ignatz Schustal ...

, in which CSG holds a majority stake. In addition to the automotive industry, holding companies operate in the aviation, railway, defense industry and other sectors. The holding headquarters is located in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

. CSG operated from 13 October 2014 to 14 January 2016 under the name Excalibur Group. Since January 2018, the owner of the Czechoslovak Group is Michal Strnad, the son of the founder of the holding,

Jaroslav Strnad Jaroslav (also written as Yaroslav or Jarosław in other Slavic languages) is a Czech and Slovak first name, pagan in origin. There are several possible origins of the name Jaroslav. It is very likely that originally the two elements of the nam ...

. CSG is considered one of the most important family companies in the Czech Republic. CSG's current portfolio mixes the production of engineering products for the automotive, railway and aerospace industries with watches, specialised vehicles and off-road trucks. CSG works closely with General Dynamics European Land Systems, a Madrid-based manufacturer of ground defence vehicles, and

Nexter Systems Nexter Systems (formerly known as GIAT Industries or ''Groupement des Industries de l'Armée de Terre'', Army Industries Group) is a French government-owned weapons manufacturer, based in Roanne, Loire. Group organization The Nexter group is ...

, a leading French manufacturer of military ground equipment.

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{{reflist Aerospace companies of the Czech Republic Aircraft manufacturers of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia Czech companies established in 2016 Defence companies of the Czech Republic Holding companies of the Czech Republic Companies based in Prague Manufacturing companies established in 2016 Technology companies established in 2016