Electronic signature in Zlín: a guide for companies working with the city of Baťa's industrial heritage
Zlín is the city of Baťa's legacy with a modern footwear and plastics industry. How does electronic signature speed up export contracts and supply chain agreements?
Electronic signature in Zlín: a guide for companies working with the city of Baťa’s industrial heritage
Zlín is inseparably linked with the Baťa shoe company — the industrial city built around one of the world’s most famous footwear brands. Today the city maintains a modern footwear and plastics industrial base that exports across Europe. Companies in the region sign supply contracts, distribution agreements and commercial deals with European partners. Electronic signatures make cross-border contract signing fast and legally sound.
Why Zlín companies are digitising their signing
1. Footwear and export
Zlín’s footwear and consumer goods companies sign distribution agreements and export contracts with partners across Europe. Electronic signatures eliminate postal delays and let deals close the same day negotiations finish.
2. Plastics and manufacturing
The wider plastics and manufacturing sector generates supply contracts, quality assurance protocols and NDAs with EU suppliers and buyers. Audit trail documentation is important for product liability compliance.
3. SME export activity
Zlín’s many SMEs exporting across Europe benefit from electronic signatures — they can close contracts with foreign buyers without engaging a courier or waiting for a notary.
Legal framework
Electronic signatures in the Czech Republic are governed by:
- eIDAS (EU 910/2014) — valid in all EU member states
- Zákon č. 297/2016 Sb. o službách vytvářejících důvěru pro elektronické transakce — Czech national transposition
For the vast majority of commercial documents an advanced electronic signature (AdES) is sufficient.
Documents Zlín companies sign electronically
| Document type | Signature type | |---|---| | NDA / confidentiality agreement | AdES (zipzipdoc) | | Distribution agreement | AdES (zipzipdoc) | | Export / supply contract | AdES (zipzipdoc) | | Commercial agreement | AdES (zipzipdoc) | | Employment contract | AdES (zipzipdoc) | | Notarised document | QES / notary |
How to get started with Zlín clients
- Register at zipzipdoc.com — under 2 minutes.
- Upload or generate your document — AI drafts a contract from your instructions.
- Enter your Zlín partner’s email — they receive a link with no registration required.
- The partner signs on mobile or desktop with OTP verification.
- Both parties receive a PDF with a full audit trail — IP address, timestamp, device.
You can send your first document within ten minutes of signing up.
Typical scenarios
European shoe retailers signing distribution agreements with Zlín footwear manufacturers conclude deals electronically without travelling to Moravia. Plastics suppliers and buyers sign framework agreements and purchase orders digitally, keeping the production calendar on track.
Related contract types: NDA — non-disclosure agreement · Service agreement