▁Czech ▁Republic . ▁At ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁factory ▁was ▁managed ▁by ▁J iri ’ s ▁brother ▁L ude k . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁the ▁I GB ▁Group ▁of ▁C ologne , ▁Germany , ▁purchased ▁the ▁majority ▁share , ▁ 8 0 %, ▁of ▁the ▁company ▁and ▁final ized ▁the ▁ownership ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 % ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁This ▁alignment ▁with ▁the ▁IB G ▁Group , ▁allowed ▁Th erm ac ut ▁to ▁increase ▁its ▁global ▁market ▁foot print ▁and ▁expand ▁its ▁production ▁facilities . ▁ ▁Pres ent ▁day ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁present ▁time ▁Th erm ac ut ▁oper ates ▁one ▁production ▁company ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁Czech ▁Republic , ▁three ▁sales ▁w are h ouses ▁located ▁in ▁Germany , ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁of ▁America ▁and ▁the ▁Czech ▁Republic ; ▁and ▁eleven ▁other ▁sales ▁offices ▁located ▁in ▁Slov ak ia , ▁Poland , ▁Hung ary , ▁Cro atia , ▁Roman ia , ▁Mexico ▁Great ▁Britain , ▁Russia , ▁China , ▁France , ▁and ▁Brazil . ▁ ▁The ▁central ized ▁corpor ate ▁offices ▁include ▁the ▁engineering ▁team , ▁product ▁management , ▁the ▁market ing ▁group , ▁and ▁production ▁facility ▁located ▁at ▁U h ers ké ▁H rad i ště ▁in ▁the ▁Czech ▁Republic . ▁The ▁facility ▁covers ▁an ▁area ▁of ▁approximately ▁ 5 ▁acres ▁( 2 ha ) ▁and ▁includes ▁production ▁and ▁assembly ▁h alls , ▁w are house ▁stock ▁and ▁office ▁buildings ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 0 0 ▁Th erm ac ut ▁employees