The ceremonial opening of the Research Centre of Advanced Materials and Technologies (PROMATECH) took place in Thursday, January 14, 2016, and it was attended by the mayor of Ko\u0161ice MUDr. Richard Ra\u0161i, PhD., MPH, by the representatives of the Ko\u0161ice region JUDr. Zdenko Trebu\u013ea (president of the Ko\u0161ice self-governing region) and Ing. Istv\u00e1n Zacharia\u0161, by the president of the Slovak Academy of Sciences prof. RNDr. Pavol \u0160ajgal\u00edk, DrSc., and by the head of the PROMATECH research centre prof. RNDr. J\u00e1n Dusz, DrSc.<\/p>\n
On behalf of the Rector of the Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik University in Ko\u0161ice prof. RNDr. Pavol Sov\u00e1k, CSc. the event was attended by the Vice-Rector for the Development and the European Agenda prof. MUDr. Pavol Jar\u010du\u0161ka, PhD., by the Bursar of the university RNDr. Ing. Michal Tk\u00e1\u010d, PhD., and by the spokeswoman of the university Mgr. M\u00e1ria Hrehov\u00e1, PhD.<\/p>\n
The PROMATECH research centre creates a real platform for the development of cooperation between the academic and industrial spheres in the field applied material research, which can significantly contribute to the improvement of the overall competitiveness of the Slovak industry by supporting the implementation of new materials and technologies into production processes and products.<\/p>\n
The main partner of the PROMATECH project is the Slovak Academy of Sciences, while the Institute of Material Research, the Institute of Experimental Physics, the Institute of Geotechnics, and the Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, the Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik University in Ko\u0161ice, and the Technical University in Ko\u0161ice also cooperated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"