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Koprivnice is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants.
Koprivnice and the Moravian-Silesian region have a strong industrial heritage: steel, engineering, and automotive industries. The Tatra truck company is based here. During the communist era Tatra employed over 16,000 (including about 1,000 of Vietnamese nationality). It currently employs 3,700. The controlling interest of Tatra was owned by an international consortium of Vectra Group of U.K., Sam Eyde of Lansing, Michigan, KBC PE of Belgium and Ronald Adams, and nowadays, it is owned by Jaroslav Strnad, who is a Czech armorer. Other important industrial sectors include chemicals, pharmaceuticals, glass, rubber, paper and textiles. Brewing is also an important industry and some of the country's finest beers are produced in the area.
Meanwhile, in the past Tatra was bankrupt, at present, it is increasing its production. New owners haven't only returned it back to the markets, which it had abandoned, but it had also expanded its export throughout the world including Australia.
Sights include:
- History exhibit in the Museum of the reeve house
- Art exhibit in Šustal's Villa
- Technical museum of Tatra with famous rail motor coach Slovenská strela on display and with a special permanent exhibit on Dana and Emil Zatopek in addition to historical automobiles and trucks produced in Koprivnice
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