There are altogether 24 academic and industrial facilities across different parts of the Czech Republic participating in the NCC for MATCA that share a common interest in advanced technologies R&D.

Thanks to the success in the public competition of the Program of the National Center of Competence (2022), announced by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TAČR) we continue on providing very perspective cooperation and applied research at NCC MATCA 2, which has successfully expanded to include 4 other partners (Institute for Hydrodynamics of the CAS, v. v. i., SHM, s. r. o., ad-tech s.r.o. and Advanced Metal Powders s.r.o.)

Academic institutions:

FZU TUL IPP UPOL HiLASE CHV IT JČU MUNI UFCH JH BC IH

Commercial entities:

HVM BaL LET CZUB CARDAM SIGMA VS OZM FNM SHM ADT AMP

Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v. v. i. is a public research institution carrying out basic and applied research in physics. Its research work focuses on the following 5 disciplines: elementary particle physics, condensed matter physics, solid matter physics, optics and plasma physics. The Institute of Physics specializes in laser physics, spintronics, advanced materials and surface treatment.

The Institute of Physics has rich experience in R&D and innovations. Since 2011 it has implemented over 40 projects in the Czech Republic either in cooperation with the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TAČR) or with other institutions. Besides it has participated in more than 160 international projects and it generates on average 10 patents per year.