Zlín, 22 September 2022 – Two hundred experts from the plastics industry gathered in Zlín yesterday and today to take part in PLASTKO 2022. The international professional conference is organised by the University Institute of Tomas Bata University (TBU) in Zlín and Plastikářský klastr z.s., the plastic industry association.

On 13 and 14 September, scientists from universities based in Malaysia – Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang – visited the Centre of Polymer Systems.

On 29 August 2022, prof. Vladimír Sedlařík, Rector of Tomas Bata University in Zlín (TBU) attended the meeting of the Council of the Zlín Region held on that day to present proposals for areas of strategic cooperation between the self-governing region and TBU to the members.

An international Horizon Europe project has just started at Tomas Bata University in Zlín. The SOLiD project aims to create a sustainable and cost-efficient pilot scale manufacturing process for a high energy density, safe and easily recyclable solid-state Li-metal battery.

Scientists from the Rubber Technology Research Group of the CPS, together with research partners from Germany

Zlín, on 29 June 2022 – How to help retain water in the landscape, increase soil retention capacity and reduce the negative impacts of drought on agriculture? Researchers from the Centre for Polymer Systems (CPS) at the university in Zlín have addressed this topic in cooperation with the Czech Research Institute of Dairy Industry, LACRUM Velké Meziříčí and the Czech Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation.

On Wednesday 15 June 2022, the Centre for Polymer Systems received special visitors – officials of Bata Company. They included Mr Charles Pignal, the great-grandson of Tomas Bata.

CPS has participated in the Science Fair 2022, which took place from 2 to 4 June. The Centre presented, along with the Faculty of Applied Informatics, results of science and research as well as interesting projects and practical demonstrations; various experiments were also on display that visitors could try themselves.