TCS Toolmakers Cluster of Slovenia

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TCS Toolmakers Cluster of Slovenia

• Short presentation
• June 2006

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TCS general data

• Organisation Network organisation, with C-TCS
  Institute as communication centre
• Location Development Innovation and Technology
  Centre
• Number of members companies 17
• Number of members institutions and
  organisations 20
• Number of companies partners 11

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General data-TCS companies

• Sales of companies, TCS members 106.392.000 EUR
• Exports of companies, TCS members 67.701.000 EUR
• Number of employees in companies, TCS members
  1.768
• Sales per employee 60.200 EUR
• Share of exports 63,6

data for 2004
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General data-TCS institutions

• 744 Employees
• 300 Doctors of Science
• 58 Masters of Science
• 181 Graduated Engineers
• 64 Graduated Economists
• 512 Registered Researchers

data 30.6.2006
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RITS Development Innovation and Technology
Centre
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TCS members- companies
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TCS members - institutions
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TCS vision

• TCS vision is Regional network of high
  qualified companies and organisations
  development partner of the most demanding
  industries in the EU

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Purposes of integration within TCS

• Improvement of the competitiveness of
  participating companies and institutions
• Sales increase
• Cost reduction
• To establish regional network of integrated and
  specialised companies, development partner of the
  most demanding industries in the EU

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TCS areas of cooperation and coordination
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TCS Innovation Infrastructure
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The most important TCS projects in 2005

• Toolnet Alpe Adria (Cooperation with ACStyria ,
  Austria)
• TCS Marketing-Presentations in SLO, EU and USA
  TCS publications
• Participation in FORMATOOL fair
• TCS Technological Network development
• Project management methodology for TCS common
  projects
• Participation in PHARE projekt PING permanent
  learning
• TCS portal development and IS TCS

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The most important TCS projects in 2006 (in
progress)

• TOOL-EAST (EU project 6th Framework Programme)
• HPM - High Performance Manufacturing (CORNET)
• ECOLEAD (EU project)
• Project LENS (Laser Engineered Net Shaping)
  (Leader RITS)
• Technological Platform MANUFUTURE.SI
• (Leader TECOS)
• Project TEHNOPOLIS Celje (Leader Tehnopolis)

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Contact information

• Adress Zavod C TCS, Kidriceva ulica 25, 3000
  Celje
• Manager Tone Sagadin, M.Sc.
• Business secretary Irena Hribernik, B.Sc.Ec.
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail info_at_toolscluster.net
• www.toolscluster.net