On the 11th – 14th September 2013, the 20th international scientific conference – FORMING 2013 was organized by the Department of machining, assembly and moulding, UVTE, MTF STU. 58 participants attended the conference from four countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Kazakhstan). The universities that took part were: VŠB TU Ostrava, Politechnika Śląska Katowice, Politechnika Śląska Gliwice, Politechnika Czestochowska, Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza University of Science and Technology Kraków, Uniwersytet Śląski Chorzów, Politechnika Lubelska, Politechnika Wroclawska, Karaganda state Industrial University Temirtau, TU Košice a STU Bratislava.
In addition to participants from universities, the conference was attended by major companies: Třinecké železárny, a.s, VUHŽ Dobrá, a.s., Materiálový a metalurgický výzkum, s.r.o., COMTES FHT, a.s., Metal Forming Institute in Poznaň, Instytut Metali Nieželaznych Gliwice, Železiarne Podbrezová VVC, s.r.o., PSA Peugeot Citroёn Slovakia a Bohuš, s.r.o. 43 contributions were presented at the conference from the field of moulding and these are published in Metallurgical journals – Hutnické listy and Hutnik.
Participants took part in excursions at PSA Peugeot Citroёn Slovakia. The following sponsors aided the success of the conference: Slovenské elektrárne, a.s., Bohuš, s.r.o., TRUMPF Slovakia s.r.o. a PCA Slovakia, s.r.o.
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Doc. Ing. Viktor Tittel, CSc.
Translation: Anthony James Ronald Atkinson
