Tescoma
{{short description|Czech kitchenware manufacturer}}
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| type = Společnost s ručením omezeným
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| foundation = 1992
| founder = Petr Chmela
Jiří Vaculík
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| location_city = Zlín
| location_country = Czech Republic
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| area_served = Eurasia, Africa, South America
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| industry = Consumer products
| products = Kitchenware, cutlery, tools
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| revenue = 2 billion CZK (2017){{cite news |title=Překonat Baťu je na dlouho, říká muž, jehož výrobky jsou v každé kuchyni |url=https://www.idnes.cz/finance/prace-a-podnikani/rozhovor-se-spolumajitelem-petrem-chmelou-z-tescomy.A180110_123234_podnikani_kho |work=iDNES.cz |date=12 January 2018}}
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| homepage = {{URL|https://www.tescomaonline.com/}}
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Tescoma is a Czech manufacturer of kitchen utensils. The company was founded in 1992 in Zlín. It currently operates in 130 countries around the world.
History
The Tescoma company was founded in 1992 in Zlín by Petr Chmela and Jiří Vaculík († 2019). Initially, they were engaged in the sale of water savers. Since 1994, the company started with the production of kitchen utensils, which in the following years became its dominant product. The company regularly participated in world trade fairs and in 1996 opened its first foreign branch in Italy. When groceries and merchandise retailer Tesco entered the Czech market in 1996, it demanded that the company be renamed due to the similarity of their names. The dispute eventually resulted in cooperation and Tescoma even sold their goods in Tesco shopping centers.{{cite news |title=Tesco chtělo, abychom se přejmenovali. Dohodli jsme se u vína, říká šéf Tescomy |url=https://www.idnes.cz/ekonomika/podniky/rozhovor-s-podnikatelem-roku-petrem-chmelou.A170301_113144_ekoakcie_fih |work=iDNES.cz |date=4 March 2017}}
Several Tescoma products have a worldwide patent, and many have won design awards, such as the Red Dot Design Award, the Good Design Award and the German Design Award.{{cite news |title=Vysokou kvalitu designu ve Zlínském kraji potvrzuje šest prestižních cen |url=https://www.idnes.cz/zlin/zpravy/red-dot-design-award-ma-tescoma-ton-a-mmcite.A160405_2237029_zlin-zpravy_ras |work=iDNES.cz |date=6 April 2016}} Currently (2017), Tescoma operates in 130 countries around the world and has nine foreign branches (Italy, Spain, Portugal, Slovakia, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Germany and China).{{cite web |title=O nás |url=https://www.tescoma.cz/o-nas |website=Oficiální stránky TESCOMA |accessdate=14 May 2020 |language=cs}} In Italy, it is one of the three most famous brands in the industry.{{cite news |title=Český příběh z garáže: Podnikatelem roku je zakladatel Tescomy |url=https://www.respekt.cz/denni-menu/cesky-pribeh-z-garaze-podnikatelem-roku-je-zakladatel-tescomy |work=Týdeník Respekt}} Tescoma co-founder Petr Chmela received in 2017 the Czech Entrepreneur of the Year Award.{{cite news |title=Tescoma co-founder receives Czech Entrepreneur of the Year Award |url=https://www.radio.cz/en/section/business/tescoma-co-founder-receives-czech-entrepreneur-of-the-year-award |work=Radio Prague International |language=en}} It presents three hundred products every year.{{cite news |title=Podnikatelem roku je spolumajitel Tescomy Petr Chmela |url=https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/ekonomika/2046752-podnikatelem-roku-je-spolumajitel-tescomy-petr-chmela |agency=Česká televize}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.tescomaonline.com/en/ Tescomaonline.com]
- [https://www.tescoma.cz/o-nas Tescoma.cz] in Czech, [https://www.tescoma.it Tescoma.it] in Italian, [http://www.tescoma.co.uk/ Tescoma.co.uk] in English, [https://www.tescoma.de/ Tescoma.de] in German, [https://www.tescoma.es/ Tescoma.es] in Spanish, [https://www.tescoma.es/ Tescoma.pl] in Polish,[https://www.tescoma.pt/ Tescoma.pt] in Portuguese [https://www.tescoma.ru/ Tescoma.ru] in Russian.
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Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1992
Category:Food preparation utensils