Skoda opened its new Service Training Center in the Czech town of Kosmonosy today. The building, located near Skoda’s Headquarters, is one of the most advanced training centers in the international automobile industry. It now combines the technical and business training for the brand's importers and dealers from all over the world.
The new centre was built in only fourteen months. ŠKODA has invested some EUR 6 million in the facility. The EU Structural Fund subsidized the project with an additional 2.5 million EUR.
During the commissioning ceremony, ŠKODA’s chairman of the board, Prof. Dr. h.c. Winfried Vahland, emphasized the great significance of a qualified dealership network for the Growth Strategy 2018: “Following our sales record in 2011, we would like to continue to accelerate our expansion in the coming years. Competent and qualified partners are a key factor in sustained growth. Therefore, a growth campaign also requires a service campaign. Our new Service Training Center marks an important turning point for a permanently strong and competent dealership network and another clear sign of the ŠKODA’s emergence.” Dealerships and workshops with the ŠKODA logo currently employ around 15 thousand employees worldwide.
