Industrial zones
Among the business properties with which CzechInvest is concerned, industrial zones are of key importance. Industrial zones bring quantitative economic benefit in the form of newly created jobs and the effects derived from the amount of investment capital of investors entering the zones. Newly created jobs have high added value, particularly in regions with high unemployment. Investments and directly created jobs have other synergistic effects in the form of new job opportunities with suppliers and related services for incoming investors.
CzechInvest has been actively engaged in the area of industrial zones since 1998, when it began implementation of the Industrial Zone Development Programme (IZDP) In 2006, the new Business Properties and Infrastructure Support Programme (BPISP) was approved, thanks to which support for construction and development of business properties (primarily strategic industrial zones) and regeneration of brownfields is continuing.
Results of CzechInvest's activities in the area of industrial zones
Ninety-two industrial zones, in which 350 new enterprises invested and employed over 50 thousand people combined, were supported between 1998 and 2005. The success of this programme is also evident in the fact that most supported zones are fully occupied by investors. According to periodic statistics on the occupancy of zones supported from the state budget, on average 78% percent of areas are occupied.
Map of industrial zones supported since 1998
Legend:1 Klášterec nad Ohří 2 Žatec (2)** 3 Podbořany (2)** 4 Kadaň 5 Chomutov (2)** 6 Most 7 Bílina 8 Teplice 9 Přestanov 10 Rumburk 11 Liberec 12 Ústí nad Labem 13 Lovosice (2)** 14 Slaný 15 Louny 16 Kladno 17 Unhošť 18 Tuchlovice 19 Zdice 20 Žebrák 21 Plzeň (2)** 22 Úherce 23 Stod 24 Blatná 25 Písek 26 Prachatice 27 Kamenice nad Lipou 28 Jihlava 29 Pelhřimov 30 Havlíčkův Brod 31 Zruč nad Sázavou 32 Velim 33 Kolín 34 Kutná Hora 35 Chrudim 36 Pardubice 37 Hradec Králové 38 Jičín (2)** 39 Vrchlabí 40 Kvasiny 41 Svitavy 42 Ždírec nad Doubravou 43 Žďár nad S. 44 Velké Meziříčí 45 Třebíč 46 Znojmo 47 Mikulov 48 Brno (2)** 49 Kuřim 50 Bystřice nad Pernštejnem 51 Moravská Třebová 52 Blansko 53 Vyškov (2)** 54 Hodonín 55 Staré Město 56 Brankovice 57 Prostějov 58 Litovel 59 Uničov 60 Šumperk 61 Krnov 62 Olomouc (3)** 63 Hranice 64 Valašské Meziříčí 65 Zlín 66 Vsetín 67 Kopřivnice 68 Třinec 69 Frýdek-Místek (2)** 70 Třanovice 71 Paskov 72 Český Těšín 73 Karviná 74 Ostrava (3)** 75 Mošnov 76 Hrádek nad Nisou 77 Domažlice 78 Český Krumlov 79 Nošovice 80 Pohořelice 81 Velká Bystřice
** Number in brackets next to the names of municipalities represent the total number of supported zones in the given location.