1. The Future for Danube Strategy
Creating The Network
The Future for Danube Strategy
Roman Bíro PhD.
name: Roman Bíro PhD.
Position: director
adress: Trnava Hlavná 5
state: Slovak Republic
contact:

2. Automotive Cluster – West Slovakia
founded by City of Trnava and Trnava Municipality Region in 2007.
THE MISSION
to help SMEs to be successful and competitive in automotive industry chains.
THE VISION
to create network and critical mass of relevant subjects to improve the quality of human resources, but also to support technology transfer and innovation processes mainly but not only in automotive industry.

4. ACWS Members Dipex spol. s.r.o. ANEX FORM Engineering s.r.o.
Educational institutions
STU Faculty of Material Science and Technology
University of Ss. Cyril and Metodius
Secondary Vocational School Senica
Secondary Technical Vocational School Galanta
Institute of materials and machine mechanics SAS
Innovations centres, agencies and chambers of commerce
BIC spol. s r.o.
Get On Bratislava
SOPK Trnava
Slovak- German Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Enterprises
COMAX TT, a.s.
EMERSON, divízia Branson
SIM Plan
TSU Piešťany š.p.
MAKINO spol. s r. o.
Švec a spol. s r.o.
Služba výrobné družstvo
WIGO s.r.o
Kvant spol. s.r.o.
Dipex spol. s.r.o.
ANEX
FORM Engineering s.r.o.
Bornet s.r.o.
Automotive Group SK spol. s r.o
Qintec s.r.o.
Carisch s.r.o.
Carl Zeiss spol, s.r.o.
ProPsy - RWS, s.r.o.
Profi Tlač, Pavol Skubeň
Klauke Slovakia s.r.o
Zväz strojárskeho priemyslu SR
Technodat, CAE-systémy, s.r.o.
MAPRO Slovakia s.r.o.
c2i s.r.o.
CCN Casting s.r.o
nebotra s.r.o.,
Matador Industries a.s.
Inekon Systems, s.r.o.
CRT-ELECTRONIC, spol. s.r.o.

5. ONGOING PROJECTS REACT Duration: 08/2012 - 12/2014
AUTONET
Duration: 03/2010 – 02/2013
OP: Central Europe
REACT
Duration: 08/ /2014
OP: Crossborder Austria-Slovakia
FAST INDUCTIVE CHARGING SOLUTION FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Duration: 10/ /2012
OP: 7. Frame Programme
The main goal is to create the AutoNet network of companies and institutions involved in automotive industry which can use the synergistic effect of the cooperation. The objective is to create AutoNet as permanent network of business supporting actors of automotive industries from automotive leading Central Europe regions.
The main goal is to develop usable solutions for the construction of new buildings that can be taken in fullest possible use of available resources. Production, testing and exploring renewable energy carriers from regional available biogenic sources, as well as waste for the transport (mobility) and at recovery.
The overall objective is to foster the democratization of electric vehicles in the urban environment by developing an easier and more comfortable charging solution which will enable to ease the EV use by the large public and facilitate their implementation in the urban grid.

6. FINISHED PROJECTS AUTOPLAST OP: Cross-border Cooperation SK – CZ
Building of „Laboratories for Construction and Simulation of plastics Forming“ in STU MTF and Accreditation of new study Programme „Plastics technologies“
AC CENTROPE
OP: Cross-border Cooperation AT – SK
The project focused on International Slovak& Austrian Benchmarking Comparison, Contracting Meetings of Companies, Common Portal and Networking, Education for company's Employees.
INNOVMAT
OP: Cross-border Cooperation AT-SK
The project aimed to offer easy access to experts, equipment and services in the field of material sciences .
HU-SK
OP: Cross-border Cooperation HU-SK
Project established partnerships of clusters and subcontractors to provide particular services, with main aim to offer them support and information to increase the collaborative potential.

7. ACWS MAIN ACTIVITIES Education activities – Automotive Academy
Participation in EU projects – internationalization
Development and innovation activities – Automotive Campus, emerging technologies
Start up support
Networking, B2B, members promotions
Danube Strategy - strategy for future co-operation

8. Mission Strategy Vision
Automotive Academy - let´s professionals to teach professionals
Mission
Strategy
Vision
Create a unique institution built on the pillars of experience, expertise, flexibility, usability and affordability.
Improve knowledge and skills of professionals and managers working in the automotive industry in various management areas.
Become the most appropriate and best choice of education professionals and managers working in AP
Create a unique opportunity for the exchange of experiences among participants and between participants and lecturers.

9. Internationalization - Project „Automotive without boundaries“
The main objective of the project is to ensure the correct orientation and a skilled workforce for the purpose of applying in a wide range of automotive industry in order to promote economic development and increasing employment in Trnava and the Moravian-Silesian region.
Specific objectives:
• 1 Develop the skills of human capital on the basis of sustainable cooperation between academies of automotive clusters,
• 2 Create new forms of cooperation in education between companies and technical secondary vocational schools,
• 3 Acquire knowledge about the needs of human capital in both clusters,
• 4 Improve cluster management with a focus on the development of cluster member needs.

10. Automotive Campus - emerging technologies
seeks for disclosure of the infrastructure needed to address industrial applications and innovations in the automotive industry for the industry subcontractors and students,
it should also serve to address the challenges of submitted projects under Horizon 2020,
it should serve as a base for automotive academy, conferences and workshops,
it should serve as a base for emerging technologies, e.g. 3D Additive Manufacturing,  
Success is contingent upon the support of MTF and private resources
funding from EU funds and private sources,
possible incorporation in to Danube Strategy Initiative?

11. Start up support STU BA Green Team
Student e-car racing team representing Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava and Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
Cooperation with ACWS
AUTOCLUSTERS Final Conference – 20 minutes presentation, Formula Student in Slovakia – presentation by Patrik Szábo, representative of STU BA Green Team from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, STU in Bratislava,
MatchMaking event in Lombardy region, Italy - plant visit in Brembo and several bilateral meetings with representatives from IT, HU, SL, GER, CZ, PL. Topic of event was hybrid and electrical vehicles and their components. Result of this meetings is signature of cooperation agreement with Technical University Ostrava.

12. Start up support RTU Europe Ltd.
Founded in 2012 as a development and technology research company, focusing on detailed examination of thermodynamic processes in internal combustion engines aimed at increasing the efficiency and effectiveness.
The RTU technology represents:
significant reduction of the current high levels of hazardous air pollutants,
increase the efficiency of currently produced internal combustion engines, hybrids and alternative power trains,
reduce unnecessarily high fuel consumption as currently seen in today’s power trains.
Cooperation with ACWS
External consultancy to map the environment in terms of existing businesses,
A database of suppliers in the automotive industry,
Consultancy for project activity - consultation on current calls.

13. Networking, B2B, members promotions
International Match Making events:
Istanbul, Turecko – Matador, Carl Zeiss, Klauke
Kyjev, Ukrajina ( )
Miláno, Taliansko ( ) – STUBA Green Team
Balatonfured, Maďarsko ( ) – NOTUS-Powersonic
Kaluga, Rusko ( ) – Automotive Group SK
Wroclaw, Poľsko ( )
OEMs visits:
Audi Hungaria - Györ, Maďarsko
Volvo Trucks – Kaluga, Rusko
Brembo & Kilometro Rosso – Bergamo, Taliansko
Boryspil Autoplant – Kyjev, Ukrajina
TUBITAK MAM Institute – Istanbul, Turecko

14. Danube Strategy - strategy for future co-operation
ACWS welcomes the Danube Strategy Innitiative,
ACWS also on the basis of plenary session of Regions EDUC-V-031 related to innovationis ready and willing to co-operate especially in innovation transfer and internationalization,
ACWS experiences makes the Trnava region attractive for partners and future co-operation,
The composition of members is prerequisite for future success,
ACWS membership in Automotive Industry association and in Union of clusters makes the scope of possible co-operation much wider,
The Automotive Campus project could be the flagship in Danube Strategy projects for Trnava region,
The networking in Danube Strategy is an inevitable „must“!

15. Thank you for your kind attention!
Contact details :
Roman Bíro PhD.
Automotive Cluster - West Slovakia
Address: Hlavná 5,  Trnava, Slovakia
Phone: