Company profile

Profil společnosti TATRA

  • Long tradition since 1850
  • Reliable vehicles for the toughest terrain
  • 6x winner of the legendary Dakar Rally

The Koprivnice automotive maker, known under the TATRA brand, ranks among the oldest car and truck factories in the world and, with our more than 170-year continuous activity we have significantly influenced the automotive industry in the Czech Republic, as well as abroad. Since March 2013, the company TATRA TRUCKS owned by Czech shareholders and underwent restructuring.

TATRA TRUCKS a.s. is a member of the industrial-technological Czechoslovak Group (CSG) and its division CSG Mobility, and it also has a significant stake held by the Promet Group. CSG is a dynamic organization of more than 100 manufacturing, development, and trading companies based in several European countries and the USA, with over 10,000 employees and revenues exceeding one billion EUR. Its companies are organized into divisions that also represent the key sectors in which the group operates: CSG Defence, CSG Ammo+, CSG Mobility, CSG Aerospace, and CSG Business Projects. The group, which includes businesses with a century-old tradition as well as start-ups, invests in innovative products and services that bring about a better and safer world. CSG and its companies adhere to the highest standards of corporate governance and evolve in accordance with the principles of sustainability and business ethics.

TATRA TRUCKS a.s. has a subsidiary - TATRA METALURGIE a.s.. The main production program covers heavy-duty off-road vehicles and trucks for combined on/off road transport, which are constantly improved to meet increasing customer requirements. A high level of human potential represents a significant advantage of TATRA TRUCKS a.s., not only in R&D but also in terms of the production capacity.

TATRA-branded trucks are based primarily on the Tatra design concept, which has so far not been successfully imitated by anyone. Heavy trucks from Koprivnice are famous for their go-anywhere ability in most difficult terrains under extreme weather conditions, high reliability and excellent utility properties.  TATRA resists both to frosty weather and abnormally high desert temperatures.

Today's range of TATRA vehicles

The current truck range comes up to meet the customer requirements. The civilian production is represented by TATRA PHOENIX, while the special, firefighting and military production is represented by TATRA FORCE and TATRA TACTIC ranges.

The company’s important business territories traditionally include Europe, Asia and Australia. The domestic market (Czech Republic, Slovakia) is dominated by the customers such as the Czech Army, Fire Brigade, Armed Forces of the SR, and the commercial customers are e.g. Lesy Slovenské republiky (Forests of the Slovak Republic).

The excellent driving characteristics and numerous technical and design innovations of TATRA vehicles have been verified through long-distance races over many years. TATRA crews have achieved the greatest successes in the famous Dakar Rally.