The year 2023 is here
The year 2022 is already behind us. During it, our Dudr collective grew with a lot of new faces, and even though we are all completely different, together we form a team that pulls together. So let’s go it a little further together next year in health and full strength. We appreciate your work and thank you all for being with us and making the Dudr Family together!
Christmas presents at Dudr Tools
At Dudr Tools, Ježíšek already rang the bell by the tree and brought beautiful Christmas presents for the whole team. In the pre-Christmas rush, we were able to refresh ourselves with the delicious Dudr Beer and cut some food with freshly unpacked Dudr knives. Before the start of the Christmas season, we would like to wish the entire Dudr Family all the best in their work.
In November we helped with exercise
In November we took part in special challenge, a sports and charity event organised by the Secondary School of Gastronomy from Zlín. For Dudr Tools employees and students, the challenge was to make 200,000 rope jumps together. If this goal was achieved, Dudr Tools would donate CZK 20,000 to the Handicap Zlín organisation. And how did it go?
Thanks to everyone who turned into kangaroos in their free time and honestly counted every jump, we succeeded. In total we made 268 710 jumps, of which the share of Dudr jumpers was a respectable 134 258 jumps!
We have shown that we can get excited and pull together. It also warms our hearts that we sweated not only to improve our physique, but also for a good cause, which brought the promised financial support to a charitable organization. On 1 December, Tomáš Dudr, together with representatives of the Zlín School of Gastronomy, handed over a check to the Handicap Zlín organisation.
Dudr Tools takes the first place
At the turn of September and October, we entered our company in the Year of New Technologies 2022 competition, which was announced by the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises and Entrepreneurs of the Czech Republic.
This was followed by two weeks of waiting to see how our project of an innovative optical method of measurement in the production of bandsaw blades could stand up to the competition of all the submitted projects. And it worked!
In mid-October, we received information that we were among the top three submitted projects and were invited to a ceremony announcing the winners and awarding the prizes, where the specific results would be revealed.
Our colleague Filip Dvorník represented us at the gala evening on Wednesday 26 October 2022 at the Ambassador Zlatá Husa hotel in Prague, and he was anxiously waiting to see if he would leave the stage with only a flower for second and third place or if he would have to give a speech of thanks for reaching the highest finish. And it worked again!
Dudr Tools scored! Filip spoke next to the experienced moderator Libor Bouček and tasted the feeling of 1st place on the stage and did not forget to mention that winning this award is due to the work of the entire Dudr Tools team.
Two-shift vs three-shift operation
Following the opening of the new production hall, in October we introduced a two-shift operation in addition to the three-shift operation. Our employees can thus decide for themselves in which mode they want to work.
For us, the introduction of two-shift operation meant a number of changes in production – from adjusting the production planning system, increasing machine capacity to increasing the number of foremen.
We are aware that working in three shifts with demanding night shifts may not suit some workers. With this step, we want to accommodate the company’s employees.
Added value is also the attractiveness of this non-traditional benefit for new job seekers, for whom two-shift operation is today a decisive criterion for choosing an employer.
We have a new production hall
Its construction began in October last year with the aim of expanding our production capacity by a respectable 2,000 m2, building a center for the development of our own machines, improving logistics and creating new jobs.
It seems like yesterday, but today is exactly one month since we officially opened our hall in the presence of the owners, employees and their families, as well as priest Dan Žůrek, who blessed the new hall and the entire company.
Let’s remember this experience.
Media interest in Dudr Tools
During the month of September, several media were interested in our company. Some of our employees have even met journalists and photographers directly at the company or recorded mentions of our company in various newspaper articles or television reports.
In total, there were over 30 media outlets for September!
For those who have not yet seen posts about our company, we bring an overview of our PR activities in selected publications.
WERE WRITTEN ABOUT US IN CONNECTION WITH OUR NEW PRODUCTION HALLS:
17. 9. 2022 Mladá Fronta Dnes
19. 9. 2022 Feedit
22. 9. 2022 Průmysl dnes (ČTK)
23. 9. 2022 Právo
THE EXPRESSIONS IN TELEVISION REPORTS ABOUT THE ENERGY CRISIS AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH IT:
14. 9. 2022 Czech Television at the beginning of the main news program Události (from 3:19)
14. 9. 2022 Czech Television in regional coverage Události from the regions of Brno(from 2:34)
18. 9. 2022 TV Prima in the main news session CNN Prima News (from 8:45)
A GREAT INTERVIEW BY OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ONDŘEJ TURECKÝ:
28. 9. 2022 News website FocusOn
This website focuses on new trends in the economy with an emphasis on the use of modern technologies.
Cycling day with Dudr
A few months ago, our colleague Kuba came up with a great idea to organize a sporting family day for our employees and their loved ones. We supported the excellent idea, listened and started organizing.
This is how Cycling Day with Dudr was born. For competitive athletes, a race, for enthusiasts a 16 km ride with the destination at our company. The dry autumn weather did not deter us, over 20 brave people showed up at the start and all of them successfully crossed the finish line.
We were warmed by a homemade goulash prepared by our masterchef Mira. The announcement and the subsequent free program were accompanied by a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. The first year is successfully behind us and we are already planning the next one.
It was a great day, the photos don’t lie, take a look!
Dudr Tools in front of the lens
At Dudr Tools, we became the target of professional photographer Mikhail Burdikov for two days. We are an amazing group that works together everywhere and never forgets to have fun. It’s good for us here… but really!
And why did we actually take pictures? New photos will use for our new website, which is created under the baton of an expert in online marketing, the company MarketSoul from Zlín.
