BUSINESS

MATEICIUC a.s.

30 Years on the Market

Ing. Ludvík Šanda, CEO at MATEICIUC a.s., has been in the company since 2010, and has acted

as CEO since October, 2016. He studied the technology of leather, plastic and rubber processing

in Zlín. He has worked at Optimit, Draftex, GDX and other companies. He was the technologist in

the development of the antibacterial piping for the Klimaflex SB air-conditioning systems and has

patented a set of microtubes which protect optical fibres.

Mr Šanda, your company is celebrating the

30th anniversary of its new history. Looking

back, you must see the great journey

you have taken and be proud of what the

company has achieved. Will you share the

story with us?

In the very beginning there was a business

plan of two brothers to produce components

for underfloor heating systems. That is

why they bought the deteriorating halls

of a former textile factory in Odry. Today

their facilities consist of the renewed historic

building and production hall as well as a few

more halls, warehouses, a development

centre, a technological centre, a tool shop

and silos to store material. The company has

so far developed a high-quality reputation

for its brand. We currently produce a wide

range of protecting pipes and microtubes,

construction profiles for thermal upgrading,

plasterwork, windows and plasterboards,

hoses for medicine and automotive use, and

small plastic moldings.

Our company’s name is synonymous as

a high-quality supplier, long-term partner and

resolver. Over the years we have responded

promptly to the demands of the market and

topical trends in civil engineering. In 2000,

when the demand for protecting pipes started

decreasing, we moved on to producing

plastic construction profiles, which has been

the key item in our company’s portfolio for

fifteen years already. Our business keeps

growing: the area of our facilities, the number

of employees (now 130 people work in our

company), but most of all, our production

portfolio, the volume of production and

annual turnover. I believe that we will

continue in this trend.

Your trade is not limited to the Czech

Republic: you also export to foreign

countries. Where do you send your

products?

Up to 70% of our production is sold abroad.

We have direct exports to the EU member

countries, the Dominican Republic and

Saudi Arabia. Indirect exporters distribute our

products to the USA, Mexico and Arabianspeaking countries.

We know that you are an active, socially

responsible enterprise. In which fields

do you get engaged?

The aim of Mateiciuc is to contribute

to environmental protection by producing

energy-saving products such as construction

profiles used in thermal upgrading. Another

sphere is production processes in the

company which are designed to minimize

waste. We do not produce any harmful

or dangerous waste, quite the contrary: all

our facilities are heated with excess heat

from the production processes, which would

be otherwise wasted; we also have our own

water treatment plant. We are very thorough

in recycling all waste, including that from

production. Besides common municipal

waste, it is all sorted for further processing,

including recycling, to provide us with

production material.

More activities cover the support of events

in sports and culture in our region, or active

cooperation with schools.

Mateiciuc is one of the key companies

in Odry. Which locations in and near Odry

would you recommend visitors to see?

Even the premises of our production plant

are worth seeing: the historic part has been

listed as a cultural heritage site since April

2019. It is very rare that historic buildings

from 1831-1906 are part of a company which

keeps production going in them even though

the business plan now is different from the

original production. We organize Open Door

Days, and our company park is open all year

long.

I want to invite you to see the entire district

of Odry and the lovely landscapes of the Oder

Hills. Right in the town, the new educational

trail to Flashar’s Mine begins, making a circuit

of 3.5  m, mapping old slate quarrying sites

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in the area of Veselský kopec. By the way,

we have a lovely view of the hill from the

windows of the main building of our plant.

Thank you for the interview.

-editorialAreál společnosti Mateiciuc a.s.

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