Aluprogress  a.s.  (former  Confal  CZ  a.s.)  was   established on 18  May 2015  for  the purpose of  acquisition of  an equity interest in Aluprogress Strakonice s.r.o. (formerly Brabant Alucast Czech, Site Strakonice s.r.o.).

The Company manufactures  and processes aluminum alloy casts in the form of high- and low-pressure casting, including hydraulic tests of machined castings and simple assemblies.  The automo- tive industry is the company’s main customer.

After 2016, when the turnover of Aluprogress Strakonice s.r.o. (formerly Brabant Alucast Czech, Site Strakonice s.r.o.) stabilized at the level of EUR 30 million, Aluprogress a.s. recorded a slightly lower turnover of  EUR 28  million in 2017  due to  a reduced number of customer tool orders.

Sales and marketing

The following projects were carried out in series production:

New projects:

• Worm Housing CMF-B / 3rd phase (JTEKT Automotive Czech Plzen)
• Throttle body Ford NEO (Delphi)

Increased volume of an existing project:

• Cover “N” (Magna Austria)
• Cover “F” (Magna Austria)
• Filtrauto FL 533 (Sogefi)

New projects acquired in 2017:

• Compressor Cover 1.5L EVO (MTEE)

High production capacity utilization  meant the company was not seeking out  new projects; nonetheless, several ongoing projects were expanded.

The table  shows the main customers’ share of revenues in 2017:

There was no significant change in customer share in overall sales compared to  2016.  Both  MHI and JTEKT  strengthened their positions through the expansion of ongoing projects. It is evident from the development of customer shares that  we’re succeeding to increase the share of strategic products in production and sales.