Klement, Václav (1868 - 1938)

Founder

Václav Klement was a Czech automotive pioneer, co-founder of what is now Škoda Auto.
Škoda Auto, more commonly known as Škoda, is an automobile manufacturer basedin the Czech Republic. Škoda became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group in 2000, positioned as theentry brand to the group. The origins of what became Škoda Auto go back to 1894 where a company started out manufacturing bicycles. Václav Klement, who was a bookseller in Mladá Boleslav, in today's Czech Republic, which was then part of Austria-Hungary, was unable to obtain spare parts to repair his German bicycle. Klement, despite not having technical experience, decided to start a bicycle repair shop, which he and Václav Laurin opened in 1895 in Mladá Boleslav.

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Curriculum vitae

* 01.10.1868	Velvary Czech Republic	born
1895		starts a bicycle manufacture with Václav Laurin
1923		foundation in Plzen of car division
1926		production of first Skoda car
† 10.08.1938	Mladá Boleslav Czech Republic	died

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		Industrialisation, ca. 1850-1920
		Rationalisation, ca. 1920-1950

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Klement, Václav (1868 - 1938)