On February 4-8, 2019, the Indian Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic attended the DEFEXPO INDIA 2020 in Lucknow, UP in order to sign the long-negotiated MOU between member CSM Industry and state defense company BEML on delivery of the first joint project - UDS-BEML Excavator based on BEML (TATRA) 6x6 chassis made in India.
The entire meeting and signature were coordinated by Vidarbha Defence Industries Association (VDIA) with chairman Lt. Gen. Ravindra Thodge, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, (retd.). Mr. Thodge is also a Board Director of The Indian Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic. The event was also coordinated along with Mr. Rakesh Taurani, President and CEO of INDCHAM SK, and Mr. Daniel Revucky, VP and COO INDCHAM in the Czech Republic. The MOU document was signed on 7.2.2020 by CSM Industry, chairman Mr. Tomáš Maroš, and Director of Defence Shri RH Muralidhara. Based on the signed MOU parties agreed to build a first demo machine together to be tested by the end-user Indian Army before it gets into serial production.
Preceding the signature, extensive 1-year negotiations have been done with the result that CSM Industry was displaying a 3D Model of UDS Excavator under the BEML brand at the BEML stall which is a big success for manufacturing company from middle Slovakia.
CSM Industry company is a traditional Czechoslovak technology from 1967 built and innovated until now with many successful engineering missions (also in the defense sector) such as KFOR – Yugoslavia – Kosovo, IFOR – Bosnia, and Herzegovina (Balkan), ISAF - Afganistan, UN – Eritrea (Africa), UN - UNPROFOR mission, Operation Iraqi Freedom all were performed with our UDS trucks. We are happy to enter the Indian market and looking forward the future cooperation, said, chairman Tomás M.
The Indian Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic appreciates the long-term cooperation with the Indian Embassy in Czechia supporting these missions to India and welcoming individual companies and their designated leaders at the Embassy discussing the economic and business needs and support. Since 2016, INDCHAM SK and INDCHAM CZ organized 12 trade missions and successfully opened doors to Czech and Slovak companies like GA Drilling (Plasma Drilling), SEAK Energetics (Smart Lighting), ELCOM (Banking Tablets), TOMARK AERO (Small Airplanes), CSM Industry (Excavators), Way Industries (Bozena De-mining), ESET (IT Security), Innovatrics (Biometrics), PowerBatt and many others.
At BEML stall. The Members of VDIH, CSM Industry, and Indian Chamber of Commerce directors.
Mr. Rakesh Taurani meeting Ministry of Defense India, Shri Rajnath Singh explaining the advantages of Czech and Slovak companies.
In the Newspapers Times of India.
