We Can Get Companies Out Into the World Thanks to the Enterprise (2. strana)

BUSINESS organisations participating in the network services in the Czech Republic, so the network services cover the whole republic. The partners are very closely connected to the innovation and business infrastructure in their regions which increases the impact of the network‘s service offer on potential clients. Can you think of an example of a company that the Enterprise Europe Network has helped grow and succeed in the market? The story of Na vínko company is very inspirational. The company was founded by two young entrepreneurs, originally employed in a bank. Thanks to the EEN project, they travelled abroad on a mission to Spain with us, where they found the local market. Today, they import wines from there. And they are very successful! Other companies that have benefited from the services of the Enterprise Europe Network are LANEX, Webdevel and Karel Pecl—EKOVERMES, members of the Regional Chamber of Commerce of the MoravianSilesian Region. The Webdevel company has been present on the Czech IT scene since 2009. Over the course of their time here, their team of IT specialists has implemented more than 900 projects and has progressed from the creation of e-shops and websites to the development of sophisticated web applications, e-learning platforms and complex web solutions tailored to the needs of companies of all categories, from the smallest to the largest. The company has developed a flexible system called TASK IN TIME, which enables professional project management and a bug-tracking system. It is ideal for companies in all industry fields that need to plan and manage their projects transparently from one place. The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) in Ostrava has been working with the company on a long-term basis to find business and technology partners, engage the company in international events and training, and help with the company‘s internationalisation. As part of an incoming trade mission of German companies in Ostrava, EEN connected Webdevel with a German start-up in order to share experiences and create a tailor-made web application for the foreign partner. The main activity of the company Karel Pecl-EKOVERMES is the breeding of Californian earthworms for the purpose of disposing organic waste as well as the production of high quality organic fertilizer. All of their products have been certified for use in organic farming. They have used EEN‘s services to expand into foreign markets and find foreign trading partners. They also appreciated the assistance in starting exports to Nigeria when problems arose in the arrangement of the necessary documentation and certification for export to the Nigerian market. How Czech ropes hold ships in Swedish ports in northern Europe Over the last fifty years, LANEX has transformed into a global company with almost 85% of its production exported. Thanks to the support of the Enterprise Europe Network, the company has found a business partner in Sweden. The first phase of the cooperation was mainly about product definition. The product was so-called paper ballast ropes, a knitted polyamide fibre with a hollow construction that resists flattening. The complexity of the product has only predefined its uniqueness. The next step was to define the target markets. The Czech company was interested in the Swedish market where it had made a few unsuccessful attempts before. Thanks to the cooperation between EEN Ostrava and EEN in Jönköping, Eieprocess was identified as a company that was interested in the ropes. After several online meetings, representatives of both companies signed a contract to export the first batch of ballast ropes to Sweden. At first, the situation seemed impossible. We had a company with no international contacts, no experience with the Nordic market. It was EEN that changed everything, as it was able to find partners from Ostrava on the other side of Europe. POSITIV 4/2021 ǀ 17