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Cylinders (VC) (Ostrava, Czech Republic), pressure steel bottle and vessel
manufacturer, is installing unique equipment for the production of steel
bottles and vessels for the natural gas drive of cars.
VC will complete the technology by
special vessels for natural gas filling stations by 2009 and will be ready
to produce vessels for the hydrogen program of global automotive firms
in 2010.
The total worth of the investment
will be about CEK 1 bil. VC received state investment incentives worth
up to CEK 500 mil for the project. VC supplies bottles for natural gas
to Argentina and Brazil.
VC, number one on the European high-pressure
steel bottle market, is a part of the holding engineering company Vitkovice
(Czech Republic).

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