TOOLMAKERS CLUSTER OF SLOVENIA /TCS/

Prof.dr.Brane Semolic - President of TCS Council of Experts

Project ClusterCOOP, Slovak Cluster Matchmaking Roadshow, Bratislava 6th March 2012

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TCS customers - examples

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1 Why TCS?

TCS answer on globalization and fast technology

development,

TCS answer how to develope and maintain the

global competitiveness,

TCS opportunity for SME’s

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TCS Networking motivation

International collaborative R&D and acquisition of new technologies,

Support competitiveness on the foreign markets,

Specialization and outsourcing,

Be more close to customers,

to accelerate a technology transfer between “company to company” and “R&D institutes to companies”,

Precompetitive research projects,

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ZavodC-TCS

TCS – general data

Organisation: Network organisation, with C-TCS

Institute as management, information and

communication centre

Location: RITS - Development Innovation and

Technology Centre, Celje, Slovenia

Number of members – companies: 18

Number of members – institutions and

organisations: 28

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TCS Target Markets

Automotive Industry,

Manufacturing Industry,

Aerospace Industry

TCS Vision

“Regional network of high qualified companies

and organisations – development partner of the

most demanding industries in the EU”

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TCS Development strategies –

Cross-organizational Value Chains

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SCM

ORGIS MARK

RTD

CRM

TCS

Areas of

Business Infrastructure

TCS Areas of Cooperation

Areas of Business

Aplications

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SW

Support

Consulting

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Assistance

TCS

Corporate

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Methodolgy

TCS

Project

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Project

Managers

TCS Project Office 11

TCS Activities

Pre-competitive research projects,

New technologies development and acquisitions,

New joint venture companies,

Joint marketing activities,

New education programmes,

Start-up of new regional technological centre

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Examples of TCS collaborative projects in last years

TCS Collaborative

Programmes & Projects 13

TCS Projects – past experiences

TOOL – EAST Project – Open Source Enterprise Resource Planning and

Order Management System for Eastern European Tool and Die Making Workshops EU, 6th Framework Programe, 2006-2008 Project coordinator: RWTH, FIR, Aachen, Germany

CORNET HPM Project-High performance manufacturing EU ERA-NET CORNET Programe, 2006-2008 Project coordinator: ACVR-Automotive Cluster Vienna Region, Vienna, Austria,

LENS Programme (Laser Engineered Net Shaping Technology),

LENS Fesibility Project, co-financed by industry, Slovenian Government and US-partner (2002-2003), Coordinator: TCS,

LENS Consortia Project (2004-2005), Coordinator: TCS,

TiC LENS Project , co-financed by Slovenian Government, EFRD – European Fund for Regional Development, 2006-2008, Project coordinator: RITS – Regional Inovation and Technology centre, Celje, Slovenia

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Tool-East Consortium

3 Research Institutes

7 partners from Tool-and-Die making industry

5 partners from IT-Sector

Tool-East Project Consortium

ZMM Metalik

Tool East Project 15

CORNET HPM Project

Reference

materials

Production

processes

Machining

tools & methods

HPM

Petermann

Fahrzeugtechnik

SMEs Cluster RTOs

DATABASE

OEMs/Suppliers

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Laser Forming offers a multi-functional enabling technology platform, providing solutions for a wide range of metal fabrication & repair applications.

Project LENS - Laser Engineering Net Shaping Technology

(Optomec) 17

Example of TCS ongoing collaborative programme

and strategic partners

TCS Collaborative Programmes &

Strategic Partneships 18

RTD Programme “Smart Machine 2025”

Coordinator: LENS

Living Lab

Started: 2010

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Strategic partners & alliances

Strategic partner of living laboratory “LENS Living

Lab”,

Technological Platform Manufuture Slovenia,

European Cluster Collaboration Platform

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LENS Living Lab ® Registered Trade Mark, Reg. No.: Z-201071147

TCS as collaborative

platform within LENS

Living Lab

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Future TCS development (1)

Further expansion of cooperation within networks on EU level

Improvement of competitives of companies, members of TCS

Participation in 7FP projects within EU FoF programme

(Factories of the Future), including areas NMP and ICT, projects

within “Research for the benefit of SMEs”, and projects within

CIP programme

Participation in R&D projects on Slovene level in the areas of

technology development, competitive centres of knowledge, etc.

Participation in preparation of EU programme “Horizon 2020”

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Future TCS development (2)

Participation in LENS Living Lab – coordination of “Manufacturing Platform”

Participation in programme “Smart Machine”, managed by LENS Living Lab”

Application of modern production technologies – mechatronics,

Application of laser technologies

Improvement of competencies of employees in companies – training in the areas of strategic management, innovative business models and organization structures, project management, systems of continuous improvements of processes, application of modern production technologies, application of modern ICT, etc.

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Possibilities of cooperation with clusters in

Central Europe

Exchange of good practices

Collaboration in R&D projects, co financed by EU programmes

Collaboration in dissemination of results of EU projects

Collaboration in training activities – exchange of training

programmes (project management, systems of continuous

improvements of processes, application of modern

technologies, etc.)

Collaboration between companies, members of clusters

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Contact information

Adress: Zavod C – TCS, Kidriceva ulica 25, 3000 Celje,

Slovenia

Director: Stanko Stepišnik, M.Sc.

President of Expert Council: prof.Brane Semolič, PhD

Project Manager: Tone Sagadin, M.Sc.

Phone: + 386 3 424-42-02

Fax: +386 3 424-41-80

GSM: +386 41 771 202

E-mail: info@toolscluster.net

www.toolscluster.net

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