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YOUR RELIABLE PARTNER IN DEVELOPMENT OF NEW
PRODUCTS, TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES
TECOS AS A SUPPORT
ENVIRONMENT TO R&D ORIENTED
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Samo Gazvoda Technical Director, TECOS Slovenia
Togliatti, Russia, 17th October 2013
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Who we are?
 Technology center for applied research and development in the
fields of toolmaking and production technologies
 Established in 1994
 17 employees, 1,2 MIO income (2012)
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Who we are?
 OUR VISION
To become the long-term strategic development partner of
production companies in Slovenia and the wider region.
Furthermore, to become a renowned European technological
centre in the areas of the development of new products,
moulds and technologies.
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Who we are?
 non-profit institution
 our funding sources are services for the industry (~40%),
prototype production (~10%) and industry or public funded
R&D projects (~50%)
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The beginnings
 Established in 1994
 Initiative was raised by the toolmakers, the main goal was to
help them on entering the high demanding western markets
(transition from the Yugoslavian markets)
 We received start-up funds of roughly 75.000 € from our cofounders
 our income is strictly earned on the market (roughly 50% from
the industry, the rest from public funded R&D projects) – no
government funding
 until 1997 only training and technology transfer
 in 1997 introduction of R&D dept., soon after investments into
Moldflow and PamStamp
 in 2006 investment into first injection moulding machines
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What we do?
 engineering services:

turnkey projects in product development (from concept to
real prototype)

design optimisation & reducing of material costs

eliminating trial by error costs, reducing time to market
and production start up costs

troubleshooting and problem solving in production

dimensional inspection, 3D-scanning and reverse
engineering
 applied R&D in manufacturing technologies
 technology transfer
 specialised training, bespoke training on-demand
 networking activities
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Structural
analyses
How we do it?
Designing &
3D modeling
Simulation of production
processes of plastic and
metal parts
Fluid flow modeling
3D scanning & reverse
engineering
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How we do it?
Testing and (prototype) production (thermoplasts,
thermosets, multi-component, LSR, MIM)
ni stroj ARBURG
UNDER 170 S 150 – 70
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precizni brizgalni stroj za
ganje
termoplastov,
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na brizgalna enota za
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nih
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nih
lastov
Slika 8: Mobilna brizgalna grupa Babyplast 6/10.
na sila: 80 t
Slika 5: Brizgalni stroj ARBURG
ALLROUNDER 170 S 150 – 70.
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Slika 8: Mobilna brizgalna grupa Babyplast 6/10.
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Position in the business environment
UNIVERSITIES,
BASIC RESEARCH
INDUSTRIAL
ASSOCIATIONS
engineering services, contract R&D, technology
transfer, training, joint infrastructure
INDUSTRY
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Position in the suppy chain
Raw Material Manufacturer
Tier 3/4/5
Tier 2
Tier 1
OEM
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International cooperation
 Cooperation with renowned European R&D centers
 R&D cooperation with OEMs
 Cooperation in EU R&D programmes and initiatives
medium to large scale R&D projects in larger consortiums (10-30
partners)
~ 300.000 EUR income (30%) on yearly basis
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International cooperation
 Coordination of manufuture.si platform
The mission of Manufuture is in short to promote
manufacturing technologies to the EU commission
 Coordination of Slovenian activities on ISTMA (International
Special Tooling and Machining Association)
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Applied R&D projects:
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contract R&D (industry or public funded)
set-up of R&D projects
o
o
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long term project 3-5 years (public funded)
mid term projects 1-3 years (public & industry funded)
consortium building
o
research institutes, universities, companies from Slovenia and
abroad

selection of appropriate national and EU funding
mechanisms for the projects (7th FP, EUREKA,
EUROSTARS, Manunet, Cornet, MNT-ERA.net, etc.)
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preparation and submission of project proposals

coordination and execution of R&D projects

implementation of project results

dissemination activities within funded R&D projects
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Internal research projects

Focused on polymer processing (injection moulding)
RESEARCH AREAS:
Courtesy of prlog.com
Courtesy of injection-moldings.com
Biodegradable materials
Metal Injection Moulding
Micro Injection Moulding
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Networking activities

TECOS is also an industrial association with aprox. 80
members
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Networking activities

ICIT&MPT – Biennial International Conference on Industrial
Tools and Material Processing Technologies
ICIT&MPT conferences have since 1997 attracted
more than 700 guests from 40 countries.
You are cordially invited to participate on ICIT&MPT 2014!
Visit tecos.si/icit for more information
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Thank you for your
attention!
QUESTIONS?
samo.gazvoda@tecos.si
+386 31 800 306
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