In 90's there was some investment in our production and it was saved and modernized.

Now Brno is also development and research hub for electron microscopes and non optic imaging. And it isn't only the cheap stuff that is made here - from few thousand $ simple inspection devices to multiple million $ for FAB's in Taiwan.

Our car centric economy is pain, there are loads of other things that we can be #1 or at least one of the main leaders in development... Now when car sales slows our economy tanks.