I’ve been doing forging my whole life. It’s been more than 12 years since I started working at Alper. I work at this forging company as an operator on the forging line. We have a great team on our shift, we work on modern forging presses and we kinda enjoy ourselves doing it. It’s hard work, but honest. Forging work won’t give you anything for free. When I work hard, I make good money. I like that my work isn’t all one thing. We do something else each day, and every day we’re making different and new products. I’ve been with the company for over 12 years, and I can safely say that I still enjoy my work, and it still gives me a purpose.

I’ve been working at Alper since 2012; I work at the toolworks making dies for the forging lines. I’m trained as a metal fabricator, and my specialization at high school was Operational Technology. After school, I worked in elevator shaft manufacturing, and then I transferred to the tool-making workshop at Alper. Today I work at the tool-making workshop on CNC EDMs. Me and my team, we’ve thought up and improved tons of things. We work with computers and industrial systems, and we set up the milling machines. It’s complicated work, but very interesting. This may sound like a cliché, but I can’t imagine doing anything else. The guys from work are great, and we can all count on each other, just like my family can count on me.

I’ve been working at Alper since 2016. A friend of mine recommended the job to me. I started out here at the metal hardening section, and one thing we do there is blasting for finished forgings. In 2017, we launched Realistic, a new modern line where I’ve been working since it started up. I spent a month of training at our parent company, VIVA forging company, in Martin Kraváčka’s team. My teammates taught me a lot about the technologies and processes for heat treatment of forgings. Now I work at Alper as an operator on the line for heat treatment of forgings—this is a finishing operation. It’s completely computer-controlled. I enjoy it. The people at work are great. A good bunch who support each other.

Prostějov is my hometown. I’ve been working at Alper for over two years—I started right after school. I studied engineering, and after graduating, I was searching for a job in my field. Alper was a good choice. Today, I work at the toolworks where we manufacture forging dies. Unfortunately, I didn’t gain any practical experience at school but thanks to friendly teammates I learned it all fast. The people here are fine. I work in engineering. Working with modern CNC machines, in technical software, I configure milling machines and milling parameters. I’m the guy who’s responsible for the finished product. And I like that.