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30. November 2023

Collection of abstracts from the conference TOP 2023 

13. December 2021

Waste Recovery R&D and New Technologies in the Automotive Industry, Expert Workshop Nov 2021

The potential of the UNIVNET members to collaborate and intensify research towards a more efficient and more environmentally oriented circular economy is based on the results to date, which include studies and scientific articles by UNIVNET members and teams in the following areas...
12. July 2023

Study on the Critical Raw Materials for the EU 2023 – Final Report  

Experts dealing with environmental, technological, economic, and legislative aspects of environmental protection met at the conference UNIVNET 2022 – Innovative Machines, Technologies, and Materials in Circular Economy Environment, which took place on 26. 9. – 28. 9. 2022 in Brno, Czech Republic.
12. July 2023

Conference TOP 2023, Technika ochrany prostredia, 14. – 16.11. 2023, Starý Smokovec, Slovakia  

Experts dealing with environmental, technological, economic, and legislative aspects of environmental protection met at the conference UNIVNET 2022 – Innovative Machines, Technologies, and Materials in Circular Economy Environment, which took place on 26. 9. – 28. 9. 2022 in Brno, Czech Republic.
31. October 2022

The latest research and development of waste recovery technologies in the automotive industry in the Slovak Republic in 2020 – 2022   

Major Slovak technical and economic universities have been cooperating for several years with representatives of the automotive industry, with processors, recyclers, and disposers of vehicle waste throughout their entire life cycle. The potential of the UNIVNET platform to collaborate and intensify research towards a more efficient and more environmentally oriented circular economy in the automotive sector is based on the results to date, which include studies and scientific articles by UNIVNET members and teams in several areas.
25. October 2022

Conclusions from the Conference UNIVNET 2022 – Innovative Machines, Technologies, and Materials in Circular Economy Environment 

Experts dealing with environmental, technological, economic, and legislative aspects of environmental protection met at the conference UNIVNET 2022 – Innovative Machines, Technologies, and Materials in Circular Economy Environment, which took place on 26. 9. – 28. 9. 2022 in Brno, Czech Republic.
21. September 2022

Project Proposal and Expression of Interest

The UNIVNET association, a joint effort of five Slovak research universities and the Automotive Industry Association of the Slovak Republic, offer their research & innovation expertise and seek for collaboration in project consortia to carry out further research and development activities in the recycling and waste recovery, particularly in the automotive industry. We are looking for an experienced leading platform, institution, university, a project applicant, or a project consortium with a project proposal, who are looking for further partners.
1. August 2022

Conference UNIVNET 2022, Brno, Czech Republic, 26. 9. – 28. 9. 2022

The potential of the UNIVNET members to collaborate and intensify research towards a more efficient and more environmentally oriented circular economy is based on the results to date, which include studies and scientific articles by UNIVNET members and teams in the following areas...
20. July 2021
Recycling society platform bringing together universities and industry

Worrying statistics on individually imported used vehicles

At a press conference on Thursday, June 17, 2021, the leaders of the Automotive Industry Association of the Slovak Republic (AIA SR) presented and evaluated the past period in the automotive industry, current challenges, and the situation in Slovakia in the context of pan-European development.
18. May 2021
Recycling society platform bringing together universities and industry

Newest R&D in Technologies of Waste Recovery in the Automotive Industry 2020 — 2021

The potential of the UNIVNET members to collaborate and intensify research towards a more efficient and more environmentally oriented circular economy is based on the results to date, which include studies and scientific articles by UNIVNET members and teams in the following areas...
15. February 2021

Horizon Europe – the next EU research and innovation programme

Structure and the first calls The first Horizon Europe Strategic Plan (2021-2024) is expected to be adopted in February 2021.  The first work programmes are expected to be published by April 2021. It is possible that the work programmes for […]
9. December 2020

Slovakia to have a National Battery Centre (NBC)

The National Battery Center (NBC) is to play an important role in increasing the share of technologies produced in Slovakia in cars manufactured in our country. Batteries are, of course, one of the most important components. In the effort of the founders of NBC for a leading position in this field, it is necessary to start a more intensive cooperation of Slovak science with industry.
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