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.

The NCK MATCA consortium has grown noticeably over the period of its existence and from the original seven founding members, a total of 20 NCK MATCA institutes from the academic and industrial sphere, which combine research and development of advanced technologies, are currently scattered across the Czech Republic.

We would like to continue our very promising cooperation and applied research, and continue to connect the academic and industrial spheres. Therefore, in April this year, an application was submitted for the second public competition of the Program of the National Centre of Competence, announced by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TAČR). Not only all the current institutes of our consortium, but also four new 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.) enter with us into the follow-up NCK MATCA 2.

The results of the competition will be known until 30th November 2022.

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

TUL FNM BC OZM UFCH JH IT IPP FZU BAL HVM LET HiLASE CARDAM JČU SIGMA MUNI UPOL VS CZUB CHV

L.E.T. Optomechanika Praha, spol. s r.o. is a company specialized in thin-layer coating, optometry, photolithography, and optical components. It provides comprehensive solutions, including the deployment and precise placement of the optical components produced. It has the equipment and technologies needed for the production of various kinds of substrates for optography and coating. The company uses advanced thin-layer coating technology designed for optics and electrotechnics. It produces different optical components with planar or radial surfaces with various types of elements, flat glass, filters, mats and condensers. It also produces various eyepieces and eyepiece rulers, delicate scales, encoders and calibres, and accessories for microscopes.

L.E.T. operates at national and international levels, collaborating with universities and other companies. LET’s clients are from Germany, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands and Belgium. The company participated in several successful projects. for example in the chipCAT project focused on the design of thin-layer nanocatalyzers for fuel cell technology.