Description of the park

Introduction

Úvod anglicky:

The Technology Park (TP) at TBU in Zlín provides complex infrastructure to support innovation entrepreneurial activities in the Zlín region and its surrounding areas. With its excellent services it supports innovative companies, science, research and development. It is a leading provider of a broad range of services.

TP offer:
• Helps to arrange contacts with staff of TBU research Centres which can lead to realizing innovation or research projects;
• Possibility to use of Footwear Research Centre (FRC) services including accredited Shoe Testing Laboratory according to ČSN EN ISO / IEC 17025: 2018 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
• Possibility to use accredited clean room (certified class „C“);
• Using the services of the Technology Transfer Center staff;
• Conferences, workshops and other events organized by TP;
• Offices and laboratories to rent;
• Complex services in the field of intellectual property protection, including: searches, analyses and patent representations carried out by high experienced specialists.

It offers luxury space for rent – above standard equipped offices and laboratories, technical and social facilities, meeting space for seminars and workshops of a total size of 5,600 square meters – to entrepreneurs, innovative companies, and research and development staff.

Services within the TP are provided by internationally renowned researchers, experts in analysing, examination, measurement, and testing of materials and products, as well as development and examining of new technologies, dealing with technology and processing issues, etc.

The Technology Park has been built up by virtue of the project entitled “Technology Park and Technology Transfer Centre at TBU in Zlín”. The project has been financed from the European Fund for Regional Development, by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the CR and by Tomas Bata University in Zlín within the Industry and Business Operational Programme, PROSPERITA programme.

Description of technology transfer

Transfer technologií anglicky:

30.4.2019 establishment of the Footwear Research Centre

Successful transfer projects:
– LS 2016001597 – the transferee HEALTHY and HAPPY, s.r.o.
the right to use the invention entitled „A method of producing a wine with a natural antioxidant capacity and a low SO2 content“ protected in the Czech Republic by patent No. 304727
– LS 2017000004 – Acquisitor SIEMENS, s.r.o.
the right to use the invention entitled „Tapping tool with exchangeable functional part“ protected in the Czech Republic by patent No. 306083

– LS2017000414 – Javorník – CZ, s.r.o.
the right to use know-how „The production of hard cheese without creating eyes“
– LS 2018000118 –SIEMENS, s.r.o.
the right to use the invention entitled „Tapping tool with exchangeable functional part“ protected in the Czech Republic by patent No. 30782
– LS 2018000737 – Miomove, s.r.o.
Share transfer of utility model No. 31541 entitled „Smart footwear with a comprehensive system of monitoring data of its user“ protected in the Czech Republic
– LS 2018001203 –SIEMENS, s.r.o.
the right to use the invention entitled „A method of positioning the hammer of a manual tapping tool and a tapping tool for its execution“ protected in the Czech Republic.

The transfer of knowledge gained from basic research into practice is provided by CTT within TBU,
which was established in 2008. The CTT provides university scientists and collaborating companies
a set of professional services focused mainly on the field of industrial and legal protection of research results
and development and ensuring their rapid and effective delivery to practice, including consultancy, analysis
industrial relations and professional services of patent attorneys. In addition, CTT performs direct representation
TBU on industrial rights before the Industrial Property Office, European Patent Office,
The EU Intellectual Property Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization. The development of CTT’s activities and services is in line with the needs of the region and regional partners and contributes to ensuring the functional transfer of the results of applied research activities into practice.
CTT TBU has already signed 22 licensing and 9 contracts in the domain of technology transfer and supported 14 projects on the basis of proof-of-concept.

Innovative entrepreneurship training

In 2018, TTC realized 4 seminars focused on: news in intellectual properties protection, innovation and technology in the Zlín region and support of commercialization. The seminars were carried out within the framework of the Operational Program Research and Development for Innovation entitled Development of TTC at TBU in Zlín and within the Operational Programe Education for Competitiveness entitled From the development of knowledge to innovation.

In 2018, TTC organized an information seminar with aim to support proof-of-concept activities based on the results of the project GAMA (Commercialization at Tomas Bata University in Zlín). In April 2018 international conference Plastko 2018 was organized. The aim of the conference was to present the results of research and development, outputs of innovative projects and evaluation of trends in the field of polymer chemistry, plastic industry development and other related aspects.

Advisory services

TBU, via research centers CPS and CEBIA-Tech, offers to application sphere a wide range of possibilities for cooperation: contractual research, cooperative projects (supported by the Czech Agency of Technology and sectoral providers), solution of technical and technological problems, and rental of equipment. In advisory services are included as well as analyses and expert studies, the optimization of technological processes.
In 2018, TBU was involved in the challenges of the new project opportunities for cooperation with the application sphere within the framework of GAMA (TAČR) project and services offered by the accredited Footwear Testing Laboratory including the services of the Internal Auditor ISO 13485: 2016, ČSN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018.

Innovation infrastructure

STP at TBU in Zlín, supports innovative companies, science, research and development and provides a wide range of services with professional guarantee.
STP offers high standard equipped offices and laboratories, technical and social facilities, seminary rooms, with a total area of 5 490 m2 and certified clean rooms class „C“ (ČSN EN ISO 14644 Clean rooms and relevant environmental management, ČSN EN ISO 13485 Quality Management System) with the supervision of notified body No. 1023 (Institute for Testing and Certification, Zlín).
TP UTB offer services of the accredited Shoe Testing Laboratory according to ČSN EN ISO / IEC 17025: 2018 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories

TP has a lucrative location in the center of Zlín and is a member of the Society of Science and Technology Parks of the Czech Republic, www.svtp.cz

Cooperation with universities

Intersectoral cooperation between students and academic staff is supported at national and international level. Example of national cooperation is Center of Competence project (researchers and doctoral students cooperate with industrial sphere in problem solving and innovation implementation). Foreign activities are mainly involved in the preparation and solution of international projects supported by the European Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE), European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) and programme Interreg.

Services provided to innovation companies

Service expenses

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Innovation companies