On the 25 September 2019, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia solemnly held the 17th Innovation Day at the Brdo Congress Center in the city of Kranj. There were 199 innovations competing at the regional level, but only top 44 innovations were competing at the national level.

For one of its latest innovations called “Smart Factory Module for Automatically Disassembling Products from KTL with Automatic Product Quality Control after the KTL Surface Addition”, TPV gained national silver recognition at the event, which has already received gold recognition by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Dolenjska and Bela krajina region.

The innovation is a smart factory module for removing products from KTL hangers with automatic quality control after KTL surface protection. The sophisticated and advanced technology solution has been developed with the aim to increase productivity, improve quality, ergonomics, safety, reduce labor costs and strive for Industry 4.0, combining all necessary operations into a single one.

The award-winning group of innovators consists of the following innovative individuals: Mišo Pereško, Domen Murn, Miran Ferenčak, Jernej Knežič, Aleš Hribar, Tatjana Lamovšek and Aleš Mohorčič.

The silver national recognition for the TPV Group is a new acknowledgment of the innovativeness of the company, which has been paying extraordinary attention to the innovation culture and has been systematically and thoughtfully developing it for many years. Innovation is strongly involved in both, work processes and also the employees mindset. This year alone, employees have submitted over 2,000 innovative proposals, and since 2007, nearly 16,000 of them have been systematically collected. However, in January this year at the event Innovation Day, they also opened their innovation system outwards, with the TPV Innovation Station platform. The platform is aimed at the innovative individuals and start-ups who have breakthrough ideas for new products and technologies in the field of mobility and electrification. With its years of experience and connections, TPV Group can help them and turn these ideas into reality.

There are only 4 days left to send us your ideas on how to remove waters drops from side mirrors and windows.

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The Automotive News Europe Congress is an annual event where leaders from the automotive industry come together to discuss industry trends and the future of mobility. This year, the 22nd event took place on 21 and 22 May in Gothenburg, home of Volvo.

The speaker line-up included Håkan Samuelsson, President and CEO of Volvo Car Group, Thomas Ingenlath, CEO of Polestar, Matthew Harrison, Executive Vice President at Toyota Motor Europe, Ian Callum, Director of Design at Jaguar, Michael Lohscheller, CEO of Opel Automobile GmbH, and many other OEM decision-makers.

TPV Group participated in the congress as a silver sponsor with its own stall to promote the development and production competencies of the company. The key speaker Håkan Samuelsson of Volvo paid a visit to TPV’s stand and the team.

On 18 April, 2019, a team of diligent students of University of Ljubljana launched their electric Formula-style race car for the racing season 2018/19. The car named Svarog has been considerably upgraded in comparison with last year’s model. The motor produces a torque of 1000 Nm and the mass of the car has been reduced by whopping 80 kilograms.

TPV took part in creating the car, namely with CNC machining and laser cutting of chassis components.

Svarog and the team are ready to face competition at the upcoming events in the Netherlands, Italy, Hungary and Austria. Good luck!