Many western companies consider their subsidiaries in the east merely as extended workbenches. This was no different with OTTO JUNKER, a leading German supplier of induction melting furnaces, thermo-processing plants and high-quality castings, when it set up a firm in the Czech Republic almost 20 years ago. Since then, the Czech subsidiary has evolved into a full-fledged partner of the parent company covering everything from CAD-supported construction to comprehensive sales, production, assembly and logistics services.