Zlín, Czech Republic - Tomas Bata University in Zlín (UTB) is the coordinator of the EU project TwinVECTOR, which involves five partners from the Czech Republic, Germany, Finland and Austria.

Zlín 24 January 2023 – A significant success has been achieved by the staff of the Centre of Polymer Systems (CPS) at the Tomas Bata University (TBU) in Zlín. The local scientists succeeded in a challenging public competition call of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TACR) within the National Centres of Competence programme which focuses on enhancing cooperation between research organisations and entities in the field.

Zlín, 19 January 2023 – Cosmetic products, cleaning products, industrial production or hormonal contraceptives: This is where pollutants and hormone residues enter the wastewater. Their quantity is constantly increasing and therefore their presence must be eliminated, not only in drinking water but also in sources of natural water.

Under the guidance of Doc. Radek Stoček together with co-editors Prof. Gert Heinrich and Reinhold Kipscholl a new book containing a collection of twelve papers on the topic of Advanced Testing of Soft Polymer Materials has been published.

On 1/27/2023 at 2:00 p.m., CPS is holding a webinar discussing the issue of "Influencing lifetime of rubber". This webinar will be led by a globally recognized expert in the field of rubber life characterization Prof. Gert Heinrich from Technische UNiversitaet in Dresden and 3 experts will present their contributions as part of the webinar, while one of the speakers is the representative of CPS Doc. Radek Stocek.

Zlín/Prague, 1 December 2022 – The year 9 of the National Technology Transfer Conference took place yesterday at Lichtenštejn Palace in Prague. Eleven scientific teams, including two from the Zlín university, took part with their projects for commercial use in the Transfera Technology Day competition.

On 5 December 2022, the IGA 2022 Student Scientific Conference was held at the Centre of Polymer Systems. Doctoral students who are members of the research teams of IGA/CPS projects carried out in 2022 participated, presenting the following topics:

On February 9, 2023, the next edition of the international scientific conference GUMFERENCE, which focuses on advanced testing of soft polymeric materials, will take place under the cooperation of the CPS and IPF Dresden.
The origins of the GUMFERENCE conference date back to 2011, when its first edition was held in Zlín. All those interested in this topic are cordially invited to attend the conference, which will be held online. All information can be found on the conference website: www.gumference.com .