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:

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Commercial entities:

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SIGMA Research and Development Institute, s.r.o. is a member of the SIGMA Group and specializes in R&D, the provision of expert information, and standardization. SIGMA specializes in research work focused on hydraulics and the implementation of development trends in pump production. The Institute’s main activities concern hydrodynamic pumps and special pumps and products. This includes environment-friendly pumps and equipment, primarily devices for water waste treatment plants, as well as floating, and other portable and stationary pumping systems for fire brigades, and mobile anti-flooding emergency pumps and special-purpose pumps.

An important part of the company’s business activities is played by pumping technology manufacturing and sales. It also undertakes R&D in pumping technologies. SIGMA’s R&D institute is experienced in working together with commercial companies and research institutions.