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Dr. Gregor Kraft joins FTPO research team
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Dr. Gregor Kraft joins FTPO research team

Since September 1st, 2018, Dr. Gregor Kraft is reinforcing FTPO’s research team. Dr. Kraft studied chemical engineering in Mannheim (Germany) and chemistry at the University of Kaiserslautern (Germany). He received his PhD doing his thesis on Sulphur-Nitrogen based heterocyclic chemistry and then worked 26 years as researcher and project manager at Lenzing AG in Austria, the world’s leading manufacturer of Viscose fibres. As internationally recognized expert for cellulose-based materials Dr. Kraft will develop at FTPO new concepts for the use of natural fibres in polymer composites. We are very glad to welcome Dr. Kraft to our team and wish him success at FTPO.

 

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UP FTPO receives two gold and one silver award for innovations in the Koroška region

At this year’s Awards Ceremony for the Best Innovations of the Koroška Region, organised for the 26th consecutive year by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia – Koroška Regional Chamber, the Faculty of Polymer Technology (UP FTPO), together with its industrial partners, received two gold and one silver award for innovation.

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Connecting Studies with Industry and Research Environment

At UP FTPO, we believe that modern engineering education does not take place solely in lecture halls, but primarily through direct contact with industry, research institutions, and real technological challenges. For this reason, we provide our students with numerous professional excursions, laboratory exercises in companies, and insights into modern development and production processes already during their studies.

In May and early June 2026, students from different study years and courses visited several successful Slovenian and international companies and research institutions, where they were able to put classroom theory directly into practice.

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Presentation of UP FTPO Research at IRT Forum 2026

The IRT Forum (Innovation, Development, Technology) has long been recognized as one of the most important professional events for Slovenian industry, bringing together representatives of industry, research organizations, and development institutions. This year’s IRT Forum 2026 took place on 8 and 9 June in Portorož and was attended by representatives of the University of Primorska Faculty of Polymer Technology (UP FTPO), teaching assistant Tamara Rozman and Head of the Centre for Cooperation with Industry, Silvester Bolka.

 

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AM Connect 2026

The Faculty of Polymer Technology in Slovenj Gradec is hosting AM Connect 2026, an international conference on research and industrial advances in additive manufacturing, on 23–24 September 2026. Attendance is free of charge, and the conference will be held exclusively in person and in English.

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