8th Autoclusters CEE project Meeting

Automotive cluster of Slovenia hosted 8th Autoclusters project meeting in the capital of Slovenia – Ljubljana. Meeting took place from 28^th - 29^th October 2011 in Hotel Mons.

During the two day meeting two exchange study visits were organized. For the first partners were invited to Hella Saturnus Slovenia –– producer for lighting technology and electronics for the automotive industry. Mr. Christof Droste, general director of Hella Saturnus Slovenia presented the company and some interesting facts about company. Later on the project partners of AUTOCLUSTERS had a chance to see the production facilities where directors of marketing, quality, development and production departments presented different processes in the company.

Furthermore the second exchange study visit was being organized at the University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering presented their R&D capacities and experiences with cooperation on numerous different projects with mainly large companies from Slovenia and abroad. Partners have been invited to see the laboratories as well as projects created and leaded by their students. The soundest project presented was the car developed fully by the students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering from the base donated by Peugeot.