Event of the company SiEVA
The first part of the meeting focused on the R&D achievements of the Centre in this period and on opportunities and plans for the future. Achievements and products that were developed by the Centre were presented by the managers of the respected BUs. Products and solutions spanned from ICE components, electric drivetrain components, safety and comfort systems, mechatronics and technologies and processes.
This was followed by a presentation by Ms. Samanta Krapež of the two SiEVA’s projects and their respected consortia that were funded under the Horizon 2020 European research framework, FACTS4WORKERS and COMBILASER.
The second part of the event focused on metrology: this scientific field has been steadily gaining prominence in the automotive R&D sector due to ever increasing quality and reliability demands. The presentations included Ines Mohorič of Hidria Rotomatika, who presented the activities of laboratories that form the Hidria Institute for Materials and Technologies and Mr. Matjaž Lindič from the Slovenian Institute for Quality and Metrology – the leading national institution in this field – who presented the latest industrial and R&D trends in metrology.
The third part of the event was designed as an open discussion. Participants discussed possible R&D ideas for future projects and also touched on possibilities on cooperating in further European R&D projects, especially under the Horizon 2020 European research framework. SiEVA’s both already acquired projects gained a lot of attention and much discussion was focused on the need to transfer the acquired experience and partner contacts to possible new possible projects and creation of new R&D consortia with European partners.