Českomoravská komerční společnost, a.s. (ČMKS) was established in 1995 in order to bring together and coordinate the activities of První správkárenská spol. s r.o., Nymburk, Jihlavská lokomotivní společnost s.r.o., Jihlava, Letohradská správkárenská, s.r.o., Letohrad, and other companies. Subsequent developments led logically to closer collaboration and to the signing of an agreement to form a holding-type association under the name of HOLDING ČMKS. This agreement was approved by the Czech Antimonopoly Office in 1997, and the ČMKS trademark was subsequently registered with the Industrial Property Office in Prague. 

HOLDING ČMKS’s main business line is the repair, upgrading and refurbishing of railway traction vehicles. It is steadily reviving the tradition of locomotive manufacture in the Czech Republic. To that end it has brought in top design engineers from the now defunct ČKD Lokomotivka a.s. and has launched production of new locomotives. Our success in this area is demonstrated by the Gold Medal awarded to the new two-axle 709 class locomotive at the MSV Brno 2005 international engineering fair.