INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES

NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

FIELDS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY

HISTORY

1986

establishment of the Institute

transformation into the

Institute for Sustainable Technologies

2004

launch of Multi-year Governmental

Programme
conferment of status of
National Research Institute

STAFF
250 workers

researchers with
scientific degree

TECHNICAL AND
AUXILIARY WORKERS

research
assistants

Administrative staff

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
WORKERS

STAFF
74 SCIENTIFIC - RESEARCH WORKERS

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INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES
Research & Development
Design and construction
of research and testing devices
International co-operation

Publishing and printing activity

Vocational education
Experts work

MAIN DIRECTIONS OF R&D ACTIVITIES

Methods and technologies of knowledge transfer to economy (in the area of machine
and devices production and maintenance)
Rationalisation systems of resources consumption, including energy, materials and
labour
Pro-ecological systems and technologies
Systems and technologies of information support for technical and organisational
processes of advanced technologies development
Prenormative (normalisation and standardisation) systems of products and services in
machine construction and maintenance
Methods and systems of institutional structure development supporting SME sector
activity
Creating development of selected advanced technologies, mainly in the area of
technological niches
New methods of continuing education and development in the field of advanced
technologies

R&D DEPARTMENTS AND TEAMS

Surface Engineering Department

Tribology Department
Mechatronics Department
Control Systems Department
Automatics and Electric Drives Department
Composite Materials Team
Maintenance Liquid Department
Ecological Technologies Department
Ecological Lubricants Team
Information Technologies Team
Systems Research Department
Textile Technologies Department
Vocational Education Research Department
Staff Development Department

PRODUCTS

Equipment of Laboratory of Surface Layer Technology

Tools coated with layer composites created by means of duplex treatment

PUBLICATIONS

Editor of 11 scientific journals

Over 300 books printed every year

RESEARCH JOURNALS ISSUED

BY THE INSTITUTE

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

EXECUTED IN ITE-NRI IN 2005

International

National

14

scientific projects

95

projects for industry

55

150

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
Execution of over 40 international projects in the fields of advanced
technologies, education and economy: PHARE, COST, Fifth Framework
Programme, Leonardo da Vinci, Jean Monnet, inter-governmental agreements

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
Examples of executed projects

Leonardo da Vinci, European Bank for the Development of Modular

Curricula and Educational Technologies European Co-ordinator
Leonardo da Vinci: Mainstreaming the Model for Flexible Industrial
Training
EQUAL: Entrepreneurship in the web, Internet - the opportunity for
growth of competitiveness
Fifth Framework Programme: Elaboration of technology and
equipment for continuous duplex treatment of hot forging tools
European Co-ordinator

EUREKA UMBRELLA: European Network for Industrial Wear

Prevention
COST 532: Creation of multilayer composite structures: diffusion
layer / PVD coating with the use of complementary duplex technologies

INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION
Co-operation with organisations and experts from research
institutes, educational institutions and industry in Europe,
Asia, North America:
International Training Centre of International Labour
Organisation, Turin, Italy
CEDEFOP - European Centre for the Development of
Vocational Training, Thessaloniki, Greece
Vlaamse Dienst voor Arbeidsbemiddeling en
Beroepsopleiding (VDAB) - Flemish Service for Employment
and Vocational Training, Brussels, Belgium
Institute of Surface Engineering, Kharkov, Ukraine,
Universidad de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
National Key Laboratory for Remanufacturing,
Beijing, China

INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES

NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

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